ܪܛܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Root
ܪ ܛ ܒ
1 term

Compare Arabic رَطِب (raṭib) and Hebrew רֹטֶב (rōṭeḇ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ratˤ(ə)vɑ], [rɛtˤ(ə)vɑ]

Noun

ܪܛܒܐ • (transliteration neededm(uncountable)

  1. moisture, liquid, humidity; wet ground
  2. verdure
  3. (botany) sap

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܛܒܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܪܛܒ 1st person ܪܛܒܝ ܪܛܒܢ
construct ܪܛܒ 2nd person ܪܛܒܟ ܪܛܒܟܝ ܪܛܒܟܘܢ ܪܛܒܟܝܢ
emphatic ܪܛܒܐ 3rd person ܪܛܒܗ ܪܛܒܗ ܪܛܒܗܘܢ ܪܛܒܗܝܢ

References

  • rṭb”, 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 344b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 539a
  • 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 1459b