ܢܩܒܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܢ ܩ ܒ (n q b)
2 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Hebrew נְקֵבָה (nekevá).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [nɪqbəθaː]
  • (Bakhdede) IPA(key): [nqɪpθa]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [nɪqwa]

Noun

ܢܸܩܒܬ݂ܵܐ • (niqbṯā) f sg (plural ܢܸܩܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (niqḇāṯē), masculine ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܐ (diḵrā))

  1. female
    Antonyms: ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܐ (diḵrā), ܐܘܼܪܙܵܐ (urzā)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܢܸܩܒܬ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ (niqbṯānāyā, female, feminine)
  • ܢܸܩܒܬ݂ܵܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (niqbṯānāˀīṯ, in a feminine way, in the feminine gender)
  • ܢܸܩܒܬ݂ܵܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (niqbṯānāyūtā, femininity)

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Hebrew נְקֵבָה (nəqēḇâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɛqb(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɛq(ə)vɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܩܒܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܢܩܒܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܕܟܪܐ)

  1. female, woman

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܢܩܒ
  • ܢܩܒܬ
  • ܢܩܒܬܘܬܐ
  • ܢܩܒܬܢܐ
  • ܢܩܒܬܢܐܝܬ
  • ܢܩܒܬܢܘܬܐ

References

  • nqbh”, 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, p. 212a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 350a
  • 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, p. 944a
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