ܬܘܬܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܘ-ܬ-ܒ (w-t-b) related to sitting. Compare Hebrew תּוֹשָׁב (tôšāḇ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tawtɑvɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tawtɑve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܘܬܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܘܬܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܘܬܒܬܐ)

1. foreigner, stranger

   Synonym: ܢܘܟܪܝܐ

2. sojourner, lodger, settler

Inflection

    inflection of ܬܘܬܒܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܬܘܬܒ	ܬܘܬܒܝܢ
construct	ܬܘܬܒ	ܬܘܬܒܝ
emphatic	ܬܘܬܒܐ	ܬܘܬܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܬܘܬܒܝ	ܬܘܬܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܬܘܬܒܟ	ܬܘܬܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܬܘܬܒܟܝ	ܬܘܬܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܬܘܬܒܗ	ܬܘܬܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܬܘܬܒܗ	ܬܘܬܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܬܘܬܒܢ	ܬܘܬܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܬܘܬܒܟܘܢ	ܬܘܬܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܬܘܬܒܟܝܢ	ܬܘܬܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܬܘܬܒܗܘܢ	ܬܘܬܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܬܘܬܒܗܝܢ	ܬܘܬܒܝܗܝܢ

References

• “twtb”, 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. 146b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 609a
• 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. 1635b