ܪܒܝܥܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܪܒܝܥܐ

Etymology

Root
ܪ ܒ ܥ (r b ˁ)
7 terms

Compare Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʕ) and Hebrew רְבִיעָה (rəḇîʿâ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [rviːʕɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [rviːʔɑː], [rviːjɑː]

Noun

ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ • (rḇīˁā) m (plural ܪ̈ܒ݂ܝܼܥܹܐ (rḇīˁē))

1. spring (season when plants bloom and dormant animals spring to life)

   Synonyms: ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢ̈ܝܼܣܵܢܹܐ (bēy nīsānē), ܬܸܕ݂ܐܵܐ (tiḏˀā)

2. square tabor, tambourine, timbrel

Usage notes

• ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (rḇīˁā) is used mostly in formal settings and technical contexts (as in e.g. * ܫܲܘܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܬܵܐ (šawyūtā rḇīˁāytā, “vernal equinox”)) or poetic contexts. In colloquial speech, ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢܝܼܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bēy nīsānē) predominates.

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܒܝܼܥܵܐ (rbīˁā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܪܒܝܼܥܝܼ (rbīˁī)		ܪܒܝܼܥܲܢ (rbīˁan)
	construct	ܪܒܝܼܥ (rbīˁ)	2nd person	ܪܒܝܼܥܘܼܟ݂ (rbīˁūḵ)	ܪܒܝܼܥܵܟ݂ܝ (rbīˁāḵ)	ܪܒܝܼܥܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rbīˁāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܪܒܝܼܥܵܐ (rbīˁā)	3rd person	ܪܒܝܼܥܹܗ (rbīˁēh)	ܪܒܝܼܥܵܗ̇ (rbīˁāh)	ܪܒܝܼܥܗܘܿܢ (rbīˁhōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܝܼ (rbīˁī)		ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܲܢ (rbīˁan)
	construct	ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܲܝ (rbīˁay)	2nd person	ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܘܼܟ݂ (rbīˁūḵ)	ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܵܟ݂ܝ (rbīˁāḵ)	ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rbīˁāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܹܐ (rbīˁē)	3rd person	ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܘܼܗܝ (rbīˁūh)	ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܘܿܗ̇ (rbīˁōh)	ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܗܘܿܢ (rbīˁhōn)

Derived terms

• ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܵܐ (rḇīˁāyā, “springlike, vernal; fourth”)
• ܫܲܘܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܬܵܐ (šawyūtā rḇīˁāytā, “vernal equinox”)

See also

(seasons) ܐܸܩܡܹ̈ܐ (iqmē); ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (rḇīˁā) or ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢܝܼ̈ܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bēy nīsānē, “spring”), ܩܲܝܛܵܐ (qayṭā, “summer”), ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܹܐ (tišryāwātē, “autumn”), ܣܸܬܘܵܐ (sitwā, “winter”), ^{(Category: aii:Seasons)}

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܪ-ܒ-ܥ (r-b-ʿ) related to the number four. Compare Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʕ) and Hebrew רְבִיעָה (rəḇîʿâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [r(ə)viʕɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [r(ə)viʕe(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܪܒܝܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܒܝܥܐ)

1. square tabor, tambourine, timbrel
2. early rain, spring rain
3. spring (season)

   Synonym: ܬܕܐܐ

Inflection

    inflection of ܪܒܝܥܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܪܒܝܥ	ܪܒܝܥܝܢ
construct	ܪܒܝܥ	ܪܒܝܥܝ
emphatic	ܪܒܝܥܐ	ܪܒܝܥܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܪܒܝܥܝ	ܪܒܝܥܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܪܒܝܥܟ	ܪܒܝܥܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܪܒܝܥܟܝ	ܪܒܝܥܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܪܒܝܥܗ	ܪܒܝܥܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܪܒܝܥܗ	ܪܒܝܥܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܪܒܝܥܢ	ܪܒܝܥܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܪܒܝܥܟܘܢ	ܪܒܝܥܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܪܒܝܥܟܝܢ	ܪܒܝܥܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܪܒܝܥܗܘܢ	ܪܒܝܥܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܪܒܝܥܗܝܢ	ܪܒܝܥܝܗܝܢ

References

• “rbyˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 336a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 526b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 1428b