ܫܪܒܐ

Classical Syriac

FWOTD – 4 January 2015

Etymology 1

From the root ܫ-ܪ-ܒ (š-r-b) related to dryness; compare Arabic سَرَاب (sarāb), Hebrew שָׁרָב (šārāḇ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃarbɑ(ʔ)], [ʃarrɑvɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃarbe(ʔ)], [ʃarrɑve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܪܒܐ • (šarbāʾ, šarrāḇāʾ) m (plural ܫܪܒܐ)

1. hot wind, simoom

Inflection

    inflection of ܫܪܒܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܪܒ	ܫܪܒܝܢ
construct	ܫܪܒ	ܫܪܒܝ
emphatic	ܫܪܒܐ	ܫܪܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܪܒܝ	ܫܪܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܪܒܟ	ܫܪܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܪܒܟܝ	ܫܪܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܪܒܗ	ܫܪܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܪܒܗ	ܫܪܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܪܒܢ	ܫܪܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܪܒܟܘܢ	ܫܪܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܪܒܟܝܢ	ܫܪܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܪܒܗܘܢ	ܫܪܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܪܒܗܝܢ	ܫܪܒܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ-ܪ-ܒ (š-r-b) related to dryness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)rɑvɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)rɑve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܪܒܐ • (šərāḇāʾ) m (plural ܫܪܒܐ)

1. drought

Inflection

    inflection of ܫܪܒܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܪܒ	ܫܪܒܝܢ
construct	ܫܪܒ	ܫܪܒܝ
emphatic	ܫܪܒܐ	ܫܪܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܪܒܝ	ܫܪܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܪܒܟ	ܫܪܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܪܒܟܝ	ܫܪܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܪܒܗ	ܫܪܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܪܒܗ	ܫܪܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܪܒܢ	ܫܪܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܪܒܟܘܢ	ܫܪܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܪܒܟܝܢ	ܫܪܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܪܒܗܘܢ	ܫܪܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܪܒܗܝܢ	ܫܪܒܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 3

From the root ܫ-ܪ-ܒ (š-r-b) related to propagating.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃarbɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃarbe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܪܒܐ • (šarbāʾ) m (plural ܫܪܒܐ)

1. generation, genealogy
2. narrative, story, history
3. fact, event, deed
4. (law) cause, action, suit
5. state, health, news
6. argument, supposition, hypothesis
7. discourse, tractate, treatise, essay
8. subject, thing, matter, affair
9. question

Inflection

    inflection of ܫܪܒܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܪܒ	ܫܪܒܝܢ
construct	ܫܪܒ	ܫܪܒܝ
emphatic	ܫܪܒܐ	ܫܪܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܪܒܝ	ܫܪܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܪܒܟ	ܫܪܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܪܒܟܝ	ܫܪܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܪܒܗ	ܫܪܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܪܒܗ	ܫܪܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܪܒܢ	ܫܪܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܪܒܟܘܢ	ܫܪܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܪܒܟܝܢ	ܫܪܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܪܒܗܘܢ	ܫܪܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܪܒܗܝܢ	ܫܪܒܝܗܝܢ

References

• “šrb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-10-23
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 383a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 597a
• 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. 1600b