ܫܒܪܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܫܒܪܐ (šaḇrāʾ, “child”), from the root ܫ-ܒ-ܪ (š-b-r) related to being childish + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃavruθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃavr(ə)wɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܒܪܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܒܪܘܬܐ)

1. childhood, infancy, youth
2. childishness, silliness, folly
3. simplicity, inexperience
4. innocence

Inflection

    declension of ܫܒܪܘܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܒܪܘ	ܫܒܪܘܢ
construct	ܫܒܪܘܬ	ܫܒܪܘܬ
emphatic	ܫܒܪܘܬܐ	ܫܒܪܘܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܒܪܘܬܝ	ܫܒܪܘܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܒܪܘܬܟ	ܫܒܪܘܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܒܪܘܬܟܝ	ܫܒܪܘܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܒܪܘܬܗ	ܫܒܪܘܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܒܪܘܬܗ	ܫܒܪܘܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܒܪܘܬܢ	ܫܒܪܘܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܒܪܘܬܟܘܢ	ܫܒܪܘܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܒܪܘܬܟܝܢ	ܫܒܪܘܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܒܪܘܬܗܘܢ	ܫܒܪܘܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܒܪܘܬܗܝܢ	ܫܒܪܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “šbrw”, 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. 358b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 557b
• 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. 1506a