ܪܒܘܬܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From ܪܒܐ (rabbā, “great”), from the root ܪ ܒ ܒ related to greatness + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [rabbuθɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [rab(bə)wɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܪܒܘܬܐ • (rabbūṯā) f (plural ܪܒܘܬܐ (rabbəwāṯā))
- greatness, grandeur, magnificence, majesty
- power
- importance
- esteem, dignity, honour
- generosity
- size, magnitude
- increase, augmentation
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܪܒܘ | 1st person | ܪܒܘܬܝ | ܪܒܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܒܘܬ | 2nd person | ܪܒܘܬܟ | ܪܒܘܬܟܝ | ܪܒܘܬܟܘܢ | ܪܒܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܪܒܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܪܒܘܬܗ | ܪܒܘܬܗ | ܪܒܘܬܗܘܢ | ܪܒܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܪܒܘܢ | 1st person | ܪܒܘܬܝ | ܪܒܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܒܘܬ | 2nd person | ܪܒܘܬܟ | ܪܒܘܬܟܝ | ܪܒܘܬܟܘܢ | ܪܒܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܪܒܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܪܒܘܬܗ | ܪܒܘܬܗ | ܪܒܘܬܗܘܢ | ܪܒܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
Compare Hebrew רְבָבָה (rəḇāḇā́).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [rɛbbuθɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [rɛb(bə)wɑθɑ] (plural)
Numeral
ܪܒܘܬܐ • (rebbūṯā) f (plural ܪܒܘܬܐ (rebbəwāṯā))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܪܒܘ | 1st person | ܪܒܘܬܝ | ܪܒܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܒܘܬ | 2nd person | ܪܒܘܬܟ | ܪܒܘܬܟܝ | ܪܒܘܬܟܘܢ | ܪܒܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܪܒܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܪܒܘܬܗ | ܪܒܘܬܗ | ܪܒܘܬܗܘܢ | ܪܒܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܪܒܘܢ | 1st person | ܪܒܘܬܝ | ܪܒܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܒܘܬ | 2nd person | ܪܒܘܬܟ | ܪܒܘܬܟܝ | ܪܒܘܬܟܘܢ | ܪܒܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܪܒܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܪܒܘܬܗ | ܪܒܘܬܗ | ܪܒܘܬܗܘܢ | ܪܒܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
Descendants
- → Arabic: رِبِّيُّونَ (ribbiyyūna)
- → Arabic: رِبْوَة (ribwa)
References
- “rbw2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 19 March 2012
- “rbw”, 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, pages 334b, 335a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 526a
- 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 1426b