ܬܠܬܒܫܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܬܠܵܒ݂ܫܹܒܵܐ‎ (tlāḇšēbā) (Urmian)

Etymology

From ܬܠܵܬܵܐ‎ (tlata, “three, third”) + ܒ-‎ (-b, “in”) + ܫܵܒܵܐ‎ (šaba, “week”); compare Arabic الثُّلَاثَاء‎ (aṯ-ṯulāṯāʾ) and Hebrew יוֹם שְׁלִישִׁי‎ (yom shlishí).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [tlɑːtoːʃɑːbɑ]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [tloːʃi.bɑ]
• (Tyari) IPA^(key): [tlɑːθɑwːʃɑːbɑ]

Proper noun

ܬܠܵܬܵܒ݂ܫܵܒܵܐ • (tlatawšaba) m (plural ܬܠܵܬܵܒ݂ܫܵܒܹ̈ܐ (tlatawšabe))

1. Tuesday: the third day of the week following Monday and proceeding Wednesday.

See also

• ܝܵܘܡܵܐ‎ (yawma, “day”)
• ܫܲܒ݂ܘܼܥܵܐ‎ (šāwuʿa, “week”)

(days of the week) ܝܘܵܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܫܲܒ݂ܘܼܥܵܐ‎ (yāwmānē d-šaḇuʿā); ܚܲܕ݇ܒ݂ܫܵܒܵܐ‎ (ḥaḇšābā), ܬܪܹܝܢ݇ܒ݂ܫܵܒܵܐ‎ (trēḇšābā), ܬܠܵܬܵܒ݂ܫܵܒܵܐ (tlātāḇšābā), ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܵܒܵܐ‎ (arbʿāḇšābā), ܚܲܡܫܵܒ݂ܫܵܒܵܐ‎ (ḥamšāḇšābā), ܥܪܘܼܒ݂ܬܵܐ‎ (ʿruḇtā), ܫܲܒܬܵܐ‎ (šabtā) ^{(Category: aii:Days of the week)}

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܬܠܬ ܒܫܒܐ‎, ܬܠܬܐ ܒܫܒܐ‎

Etymology

From ܬܠܬܐ‎ (t(ə)lāṯā(ʾ), “three, third”) + ܒ-‎ (b(ə)-, “in”) + ܫܒܐ‎ (šabbā(ʾ)), absolute singular form of ܫܒܬܐ‎ (šabb(ə)ṯā(ʾ), “Saturday; week”). Compare Arabic الثَّلَاثَاء‎ (aṯ-ṯalāṯāʔ) and Hebrew יוֹם שְׁלִישִׁי‎ (yôm šəlîšî).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t(ə)lɑθb(ə)ʃabbɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [t(ə)lɑθb(ə)ʃabbe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܠܬܒܫܒܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܬܠܬܒܫܒܐ)

1. Tuesday

   Synonym: ܝܘܡܐ ܕܬܠܬܐ‎

References

• “tlth**bšbh”, 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. 392b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 614b
• 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. 1651a