ܫܒܠܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܫ-ܒ-ܠ (š-b-l) related to leading.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃabbɑltɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃabbɑlɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܫܒܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܒܠܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܫܒܠܐ)

1. director, conductor, leader (especially spiritual leader)

Inflection

    declension of ܫܒܠܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܒܠܐ	ܫܒܠܢ
construct	ܫܒܠܬ	ܫܒܠܬ
emphatic	ܫܒܠܬܐ	ܫܒܠܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܒܠܬܝ	ܫܒܠܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܒܠܬܟ	ܫܒܠܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܒܠܬܟܝ	ܫܒܠܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܒܠܬܗ	ܫܒܠܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܒܠܬܗ	ܫܒܠܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܒܠܬܢ	ܫܒܠܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܒܠܬܟܘܢ	ܫܒܠܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܒܠܬܟܝܢ	ܫܒܠܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܒܠܬܗܘܢ	ܫܒܠܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܒܠܬܗܝܢ	ܫܒܠܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic سُنْبُلَة (sunbula) and Hebrew שִׁבֹּלֶת (šibbōleṯ). See also English shibboleth.

Alternative forms

• ܫܒܠܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɛbbaltɑ], [ʃɛbbɛltɑ], [ʃɛvl(ə)θɑ]

Noun

ܫܒܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܒܠܐ)

1. blade, spike, ear (of grain)
2. (botany) spikenard, nard
3. flow, surge (of a river)
4. riverbed

Inflection

    declension of ܫܒܠܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܒܠܐ	ܫܒܠܝܢ
construct	ܫܒܠܬ	ܫܒܠܝ
emphatic	ܫܒܠܬܐ	ܫܒܠܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܒܠܬܝ	ܫܒܠܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܒܠܬܟ	ܫܒܠܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܒܠܬܟܝ	ܫܒܠܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܒܠܬܗ	ܫܒܠܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܒܠܬܗ	ܫܒܠܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܒܠܬܢ	ܫܒܠܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܒܠܬܟܘܢ	ܫܒܠܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܒܠܬܟܝܢ	ܫܒܠܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܒܠܬܗܘܢ	ܫܒܠܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܒܠܬܗܝܢ	ܫܒܠܝܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܫܒܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f

1. (astrology) Virgo (zodiac sign)

References

• “šblh”, 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, pp. 556b-557a
• 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. 1504a