ܪܒܝܥܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܪ ܒ ܥ (r b ˁ) |
| 8 terms |
Compare Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʕ) and Hebrew רְבִיעָה (rəḇîʿâ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ • (rḇīˁā) m (plural ܪ̈ܒ݂ܝܼܥܹܐ (rḇīˁē))
- spring (season when plants bloom and dormant animals spring to life)
- Synonyms: ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢ̈ܝܼܣܵܢܹܐ (bēy nīsānē), ܬܸܕ݂ܐܵܐ (tiḏˀā)
- square tabor, tambourine, timbrel
Usage notes
- ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (rḇīˁā) is used mostly in formal settings and technical contexts (as in e.g. * ܫܲܘܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܬܵܐ (šawyūtā rḇīˁāytā, “vernal equinox”)) or poetic contexts. In colloquial speech, ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢܝܼܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bēy nīsānē) predominates.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥ (rḇīˁ) | 1st person | ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܝܼ (rḇīˁī) | ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܲܢ (rḇīˁan) | |||
| construct | ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥ (rḇīˁ) | 2nd person | ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܘܼܟ݂ (rḇīˁōḵ) | ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܟ݂ܝ (rḇīˁāḵ) | ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rḇīˁawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (rḇīˁā) | 3rd person | ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܹܗ (rḇīˁēh) | ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܗ̇ (rḇīˁāh) | ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܗܘܿܢ (rḇīˁhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܪ̈ܒ݂ܝܼܥܝܼܢ (rḇīˁīn) | 1st person | ܪ̈ܒ݂ܝܼܥܝܼ (rḇīˁī) | ܪ̈ܒ݂ܝܼܥܲܢ (rḇīˁan) | |||
| construct | ܪ̈ܒ݂ܝܼܥܲܝ (rḇīˁay) | 2nd person | ܪ̈ܒ݂ܝܼܥܘܼܟ݂ (rḇīˁōḵ) | ܪ̈ܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܟ݂ܝ (rḇīˁāḵ) | ܪ̈ܒ݂ܝܼܥܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rḇīˁawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܪ̈ܒ݂ܝܼܥܹܐ (rḇīˁē) | 3rd person | ܪ̈ܒ݂ܝܼܥܘܼܗܝ (rḇīˁūh) | ܪ̈ܒ݂ܝܼܥܘܼܗ̇ (rḇīˁōh) | ܪ̈ܒ݂ܝܼܥܲܝܗܘܿܢ (rḇīˁayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܵܐ (rḇīˁāyā, “springlike, vernal; fourth”)
- ܫܲܘܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܬܵܐ (šawyūtā rḇīˁāytā, “vernal equinox”)
See also
- seasons: ܐܸܩܡܹ̈ܐ (iqmē): ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (rḇīˁā)/ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢܝܼ̈ܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bēy nīsānē) · ܩܲܝܛܵܐ (qayṭā) · ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tišryawwāṯā) · ܣܸܬ݂ܘܵܐ (siṯwā) [edit]
Classical Syriac
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܪ ܒ ܥ |
| 2 terms |
Compare Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʕ) and Hebrew רְבִיעָה (rəḇîʿâ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [r(ə)viʕɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [r(ə)viʕe] (plural)
Noun
ܪܒܝܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܒܝܥܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܪܒܝܥ | 1st person | ܪܒܝܥܝ | ܪܒܝܥܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܒܝܥ | 2nd person | ܪܒܝܥܟ | ܪܒܝܥܟܝ | ܪܒܝܥܟܘܢ | ܪܒܝܥܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܪܒܝܥܐ | 3rd person | ܪܒܝܥܗ | ܪܒܝܥܗ | ܪܒܝܥܗܘܢ | ܪܒܝܥܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܪܒܝܥܝܢ | 1st person | ܪܒܝܥܝ | ܪܒܝܥܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܒܝܥܝ | 2nd person | ܪܒܝܥܝܟ | ܪܒܝܥܝܟܝ | ܪܒܝܥܝܟܘܢ | ܪܒܝܥܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܪܒܝܥܐ | 3rd person | ܪܒܝܥܘܗܝ | ܪܒܝܥܝܗ | ܪܒܝܥܝܗܘܢ | ܪܒܝܥܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “rbyˁ”, 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 336a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 526b
- 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 1428b