Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܫ-ܒ-ܠ (š-b-l) related to leading. Compare Arabic سَبِيل (sabīl) and Hebrew שְׁבִיל (šəḇîl).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)vilɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)vile(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܫܒܝܠܐ (šəbīlām (plural ܫܒܝܠܐ)

  1. road, track, path, way
    Synonym: ܐܘܪܚܐ
  2. trace

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Old Armenian: շաւիղ (šawił)

References edit

  • šbyl”, 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. 556b
  • 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. 1503a