ܫܒܘܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• (rare) ܫܒܘܥܬܐ‎

Etymology

Derived from ܫܒܥܐ‎ (šaḇʿāʾ, “seven”). Compare Arabic أُسْبُوع‎ (ʾusbūʿ) and Hebrew שָׁבוּעַ‎ (šāḇûaʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɑvoʕɑ(ʔ)], [ʃabbuʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃɑvoʕe(ʔ)], [ʃabbuʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܒܘܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܒܘܥܐ)

1. week

   Synonym: ܫܒܬܐ‎ (šabbəṯā)

2. sabbatical cycle
3. (ecclesiastical) liturgical season divided into seven weeks

Inflection

    inflection of ܫܒܘܥܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܒܘܥ‎	ܫܒܘܥܝܢ‎
construct	ܫܒܘܥ‎	ܫܒܘܥܝ‎
emphatic	ܫܒܘܥܐ	ܫܒܘܥܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܒܘܥܝ‎	ܫܒܘܥܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܒܘܥܟ‎	ܫܒܘܥܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܒܘܥܟܝ‎	ܫܒܘܥܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܒܘܥܗ‎	ܫܒܘܥܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܒܘܥܗ‎	ܫܒܘܥܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܒܘܥܢ‎	ܫܒܘܥܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܒܘܥܟܘܢ‎	ܫܒܘܥܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܒܘܥܟܝܢ‎	ܫܒܘܥܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܒܘܥܗܘܢ‎	ܫܒܘܥܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܒܘܥܗܝܢ‎	ܫܒܘܥܝܗܝܢ‎

References

• “šbwˁ”, 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. 357b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 555b
• 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. 1500a