ܒܒܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܒܒܪ

Etymology

Cognate to Arabic بَبْر (babr, “tiger”) and cognate to Akkadian 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (barbarum, “wolf”), likely borrowed from Sumerian 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (urbarak, literally “outsider dog”).

Pronunciation

Uncertain.

Noun

ܒܒܪܐ • (bbrʾ) m (plural ܒܒܪܐ)

  1. panther, tiger

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܒܪܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܒܒܪ 1st person ܒܒܪܝ ܒܒܪܢ
construct ܒܒܪ 2nd person ܒܒܪܟ ܒܒܪܟܝ ܒܒܪܟܘܢ ܒܒܪܟܝܢ
emphatic ܒܒܪܐ 3rd person ܒܒܪܗ ܒܒܪܗ ܒܒܪܗܘܢ ܒܒܪܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܒܒܪܝܢ 1st person ܒܒܪܝ ܒܒܪܝܢ
construct ܒܒܪܝ 2nd person ܒܒܪܝܟ ܒܒܪܝܟܝ ܒܒܪܝܟܘܢ ܒܒܪܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܒܒܪܐ 3rd person ܒܒܪܘܗܝ ܒܒܪܝܗ ܒܒܪܝܗܘܢ ܒܒܪܝܗܝܢ

References

  • “bbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 34b
  • 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, →ISBN, page 116b
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