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ܩܘܒܬܐ

ܩܘܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Noun

ܩܘܒܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܩܘܒܝܬܐ or ܩܘܒܝܬܐ or ܩܘܒܐ)

  1. (architecture) vault; dome, cupola
  2. domed palace
  3. apex, top, crown, centre
  4. canopy, tent, tabernacle, pavilion
  5. umbrella
  6. seat, see

Inflection

Descendants

  • Middle Persian: gwmbt' (gumbad, dome; fire-temple)

References

  • qwbh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-28
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 306a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 491b
  • 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. 1324a