ܫܘܒܚܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܫ ܒ ܚ related to praising; compare Arabic سَبْح (sabḥ) and Hebrew שֶׁבַח (šéḇaḥ). The sense of "opinion" is a calque of Ancient Greek δόξα (dóxa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃuvħɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʃuvħe] (plural)
Noun
ܫܘܒܚܐ • (šuḇḥā) m (plural ܫܘܒܚܐ)
- praise, glory, honour, majesty, splendor
- holiday, feast day
- doxology, hymn
- division of a psalter
- opinion, belief, tenet
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܫܘܒܚ | 1st person | ܫܘܒܚܝ | ܫܘܒܚܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܘܒܚ | 2nd person | ܫܘܒܚܟ | ܫܘܒܚܟܝ | ܫܘܒܚܟܘܢ | ܫܘܒܚܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܫܘܒܚܐ | 3rd person | ܫܘܒܚܗ | ܫܘܒܚܗ | ܫܘܒܚܗܘܢ | ܫܘܒܚܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܫܘܒܚܝܢ | 1st person | ܫܘܒܚܝ | ܫܘܒܚܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܘܒܚܝ | 2nd person | ܫܘܒܚܝܟ | ܫܘܒܚܝܟܝ | ܫܘܒܚܝܟܘܢ | ܫܘܒܚܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܫܘܒܚܐ | 3rd person | ܫܘܒܚܘܗܝ | ܫܘܒܚܝܗ | ܫܘܒܚܝܗܘܢ | ܫܘܒܚܝܗܝܢ | ||
Related terms
Proper noun
ܫܘܒܚܐ • (šūḇḥā) m
References
- “šbwḥ”, 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 356b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 536a
- 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 1518a