Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Root
ܫ ܒ ܒ (š b b)
3 terms

Etymology edit

From Aramaic שְׁבָבָא (šəḇāḇā), from Akkadian 𒊭𒁀𒁉𒅎 (/⁠ša bābi⁠/, doorkeeper; person belonging to a sector of a city, of a particular area around a section of wall, nearest such a gate or entrance, literally of the gate).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʃəwɑːwɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ʃəvɑːvɑː]

Noun edit

ܫܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ (šḇāḇām sg (plural ܫܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (šḇāḇē), feminine ܫܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (šḇāḇtā))

  1. neighbor (person living on adjacent or nearby land)
    • Mark 12:31:
      ܘܦܘܼܩܕܵܢܵܐ ܕܬܪܹܝܢ ܟܹܐ ܕܵܡܹܐ ܐܸܠܹܗ، ’ܕܡܲܚܸܒܸܬ ܠܫܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܓܵܢܘܼܟ݂‘».
      w-puqdānā d-trēn kē dāmē illēh, ‘d-maḥḥibit l-šḇāḇūḵ ayḵ gānūḵ’”.
      And the second, like it is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Inflection edit

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Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Akkadian 𒊭𒁀𒁉𒅎 (/⁠ša bābi⁠/, doorkeeper?; person belonging to a sector of a city, of a particular area around a section of wall, nearest such a gate or entrance, literally of the gate).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)vɑvɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)vɑve] (plural)

Adjective edit

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ܫܒܒܐ (šəḇāḇām (plural ܫܒܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܒܒܬܐ)

  1. nearby, neighboring/neighbouring

Inflection edit

Noun edit

ܫܒܒܐ (šəḇāḇām (plural ܫܒܒܐ (šəḇāḇē), singular feminine counterpart ܫܒܒܬܐ (šəḇāḇtā))

  1. neighbor/neighbour

Inflection edit

References edit

  • šbb”, 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, page 356a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 555a
  • 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, page 1499a