ܥܘܩܒܪܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Hebrew עַכְבָּר (ʿaḵbār).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʕuqb(ə)rɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʕuqb(ə)re], [ʕuqavre], [ʕuqɛvre] (plural)
Noun
ܥܘܩܒܪܐ • (ʿuqbrā) m (plural ܥܘܩܒܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܥܘܩܒܪܬܐ)
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 | ܥܘܩܒܪ | 1st person | ܥܘܩܒܪܝ | ܥܘܩܒܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܥܘܩܒܪ | 2nd person | ܥܘܩܒܪܟ | ܥܘܩܒܪܟܝ | ܥܘܩܒܪܟܘܢ | ܥܘܩܒܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܥܘܩܒܪܐ | 3rd person | ܥܘܩܒܪܗ | ܥܘܩܒܪܗ | ܥܘܩܒܪܗܘܢ | ܥܘܩܒܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܥܘܩܒܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܥܘܩܒܪܝ | ܥܘܩܒܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܥܘܩܒܪܝ | 2nd person | ܥܘܩܒܪܝܟ | ܥܘܩܒܪܝܟܝ | ܥܘܩܒܪܝܟܘܢ | ܥܘܩܒܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܥܘܩܒܪܐ | 3rd person | ܥܘܩܒܪܘܗܝ | ܥܘܩܒܪܝܗ | ܥܘܩܒܪܝܗܘܢ | ܥܘܩܒܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “ˁwqbr”, 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 248b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 407a
- 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 1085a