ܫܒܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܫ ܒ ܬ (š b t)
1 term

Etymology

From Aramaic שַׁבְּתָא (šabbəṯā), borrowed from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát, Sabbath) and itself possibly from Akkadian 𒊭𒉺𒀜𒌈 (šapattum, the middle day of the lunar month); compare Arabic السَّبْت (as-sabt), Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton) and English Sabbath.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʃab.tɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʃab.θɑː]

Proper noun

ܫܲܒܬܵܐ • (šabtā) f sg (plural ܫܲܒܵܬܹ̈ܐ (šabāttē) or ܫܲܒܹ̈ܐ (šabbē))

  1. Saturday (the seventh and final day of the week)
    ܟܹܐ ܐܵܙܲܠ݇ܚ ܠܫܘܼܩܵܐ ܕܫܲܒܬܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܙܒ݂ܵܢܲܢ ܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܝܵܐ.
    kē āzaḥ l-šūqā d-šabtā qā zḇānan šāḇōˁāyā.
    We go to the Saturday market for our weekly shopping.
  2. Sabbath (day of rest and worship)
    • Luke 23:56:
      ܕܝܼܪܗܘܿܢ ܘܗܘܼܕܸܪܗܘܿܢ ܒܸܣܡܹ̈ܐ ܘܗܹܪ̈ܘܿܡܹܐ، ܘܒܫܲܒܬܵܐ ܫܠܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܦܘܼܩܕܵܢܵܐ.
      dīrhōn w-hūdirhōn bismē w-hērōmē, w-bšabtā šlē lhōn ayḵ puqdānā.
      Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.
  3. week, the duration of a week, seven-day cycle
    Synonym: ܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (šāḇōˁā)

Inflection

Coordinate terms

(days of the week) ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (yāwmānē d-šāḇōˁā); ܚܲܕ݇ܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (ḥaḇšabbā), ܬܪܹܝܢ݇ܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (trēḇšabbā), ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (tlāṯāḇšabbā), ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (arbˁāḇšabbā), ܚܲܡܫܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (ḥamšāḇšabbā), ܥܪܘܼܒ݂ܬܵܐ (ˁruḇtā), ܫܲܒܬ݂ܵܐ (šabṯā) (Category: aii:Days of the week)

Derived terms

  • ܫܲܒܬܵܢܵܝܵܐ (šabtānāyā, sabbatical)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic السَّبْت (as-sabt) and Hebrew שַׁבָּת (šabbāṯ).

Alternative forms

  • ܫܘܒܬܐ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃabb(ə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܒܬܐ • (šabbəṯā) f (plural ܫܒܐ)

  1. Sabbath, Saturday
  2. week
    Synonym: ܫܒܘܥܐ
Inflection
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒅆𒂍𒌈 (/⁠šibittu⁠/); cognate to Persian شوید (ševid), Hebrew שֶׁבֶת (šéḇeṯ), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic שִׁיבְתָא (šiḇəṯā), Old Armenian սամիթ (samitʻ). Arabic شِبِثّ (šibiṯṯ) comes via Aramaic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)vɛttɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܒܬܐ • (šəḇettā) f (uncountable)

  1. dill

References

  • šbh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • šbt”, 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, pages 356a, 358b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 558a
  • 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, page 1507a

Turoyo

Etymology

From Aramaic ܫܒܬܐ (šabbəṯā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃabθo/

Noun

ܫܰܒܬ݂ܳܐ • (šabṯo) m (plural ܫܰܒܶܐ (šabe))

  1. week
  2. Saturday

See also

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