ܥܪܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Modified from ܥܪܒܐ (ʿərāḇā, guarantee, surety); compare Arabic عَرَّابَة (ʕarrāba), Hebrew עְרֵבָה (ʿərēḇâ).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ʕarˈrɑv.tɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ʕarˈrɑw.tɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ʕɑˈrow.to]

Noun

ܥܪܒܬܐ • (ʿarrāḇtā) f (plural ܥܪܒܬܐ (ʿarrāḇāṯā), singular masculine counterpart ܥܪܒܐ (ʿarrāḇā))

  1. sponsor, guarantor, surety, securer
  2. guardian, godmother
  3. bridesmaid
  4. (law) security, bail
Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew עֲרָבָה (ʿărāḇâ), Arabic غَرَب (ḡarab).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈʕar.b(ə.)θɑ], [ʕ(ə.)ˈrav.tɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʕar.bθɑ], [ˈʕraw.tɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʕɑr.bθo], [ˈʕrɑw.to]

Noun

ܥܪܒܬܐ • (ʿarbəṯā, ʿəraḇtā) f (plural ܥܪܒܬܐ (ʿarbāṯā) or ܥܪܒܐ (ʿarbē))

  1. willow
  2. asparagus
Inflection

References

  • ˁrbh2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-01-10
  • ˁrbh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-01-10
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 263a, b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 427a
  • 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, pages 1134b, 1135a
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