ܕܐܒܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic דֵּאבָא (dēʾḇā), from Proto-Semitic *ḏiʔb- (“wolf”); compare Arabic ذِئْب (ḏiʔb), Hebrew זְאֵב (z'év) and Akkadian 𒉡𒌝𒈠 (zībum, “jackall”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [deːʔvɑː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [deːwɑː]
- (Urmia) IPA(key): [diːvɑː]
Noun
ܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܐ • (dēḇā) m (plural ܕܹܐܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (dēḇē) or ܕܹܐ̈ܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܹܐ (dēḇāḇē), feminine ܕܹܐܒ݂ܬܵܐ (dēḇtā))
- wolf (wild carnivorous mammal largest of the dog family, living and hunting in packs)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܕܹܐܒ݂ (dēḇ) | 1st person | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܝܼ (dēḇī) | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܲܢ (dēḇan) | |||
| construct | ܕܹܐܒ݂ (dēḇ) | 2nd person | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (dēḇōḵ) | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (dēḇāḵ) | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dēḇawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܐ (dēḇā) | 3rd person | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܹܗ (dēḇēh) | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܗ̇ (dēḇāh) | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܗܘܿܢ (dēḇhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܝܼ̈ܢ (dēḇīn) | 1st person | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܝܼ̈ (dēḇī) | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܲܢ̈ (dēḇan) | |||
| construct | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܲܝ̈ (dēḇay) | 2nd person | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (dēḇōḵ) | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (dēḇāḵ) | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dēḇawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (dēḇē) | 3rd person | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ (dēḇūh) | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (dēḇōh) | ܕܹܐܒ݂ܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (dēḇayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܐ ܘܥܸܪ̈ܒܹܐ (dēḇā w-ˁirbē, “fox and geese”, literally “wolf and sheep”)
- ܡܡܲܠܘܿܠܹܐ ܥܲܠ ܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܐ ܘܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܐ ܠܬܲܪܥܵܐ (mmalōlē ˁal dēḇā w-dēḇā ltarˁā, “speak of the devil”, literally “speaking of the wolf, and the wolf is at the door”)
Proper noun
ܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܐ • (dēḇā) m
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܕܐܝܒܐ, ܕܝܒܐ
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ḏiʔb- (“wolf”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [de(ʔ)vɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [de(ʔ)ve] (plural)
Noun
ܕܐܒܐ • (de’vā) m (plural ܕܐܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܕܐܒܬܐ)
Usage notes
While the word is normally considered masculine, it may occasionally be feminine when specifically referring to a female.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܕܐܒ | 1st person | ܕܐܒܝ | ܕܐܒܢ | |||
| construct | ܕܐܒ | 2nd person | ܕܐܒܟ | ܕܐܒܟܝ | ܕܐܒܟܘܢ | ܕܐܒܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܕܐܒܐ | 3rd person | ܕܐܒܗ | ܕܐܒܗ | ܕܐܒܗܘܢ | ܕܐܒܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܕܐܒܝܢ | 1st person | ܕܐܒܝ | ܕܐܒܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܕܐܒܝ | 2nd person | ܕܐܒܝܟ | ܕܐܒܝܟܝ | ܕܐܒܝܟܘܢ | ܕܐܒܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܕܐܒܐ | 3rd person | ܕܐܒܘܗܝ | ܕܐܒܝܗ | ܕܐܒܝܗܘܢ | ܕܐܒܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “dˀb”, 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, page 57a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 81a
- 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 268a