Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛbborɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [dɛbbore(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܒܘܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܕܒܘܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܕܒܘܪܬܐ)

1. wasp, hornet, drone

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܕ-ܒ-ܪ ‎(d-b-r) related to leading.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɑvorɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [dɑvore(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܒܘܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܕܒܘܪܐ)

1. guide, leader
2. carrier, pallbearer
3. driver
4. charioteer
5. rower

Inflection

References

• “dbwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 58a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 81b
• 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. 269a