ܥܣܒܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Arabic عُشْب (ʕušb) and Hebrew עֵשֶׂב (ʿḗśeḇ). Possibly related to ܐܙܒܐ (“pubic hair”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʕɛsbɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʕɛs(ə)ve] (plural)
Noun
ܥܣܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܣܒܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܥܣܒ | 1st person | ܥܣܒܝ | ܥܣܒܢ | |||
| construct | ܥܣܒ | 2nd person | ܥܣܒܟ | ܥܣܒܟܝ | ܥܣܒܟܘܢ | ܥܣܒܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܥܣܒܐ | 3rd person | ܥܣܒܗ | ܥܣܒܗ | ܥܣܒܗܘܢ | ܥܣܒܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܥܣܒܝܢ | 1st person | ܥܣܒܝ | ܥܣܒܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܥܣܒܝ | 2nd person | ܥܣܒܝܟ | ܥܣܒܝܟܝ | ܥܣܒܝܟܘܢ | ܥܣܒܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܥܣܒܐ | 3rd person | ܥܣܒܘܗܝ | ܥܣܒܝܗ | ܥܣܒܝܗܘܢ | ܥܣܒܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “ˁsb”, 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 258b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 420b
- 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 1118b