Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dah(ə)vɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [dah(ə)ve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܗܒܐ • ‎(dahbā) m ‎(plural ܕܗܒܐ)

1. (uncountable) gold (element)
2. (countable, numismatics) gold coin
3. (uncountable) money
4. (uncountable, taxation) collatio lustralis, chrysargyron

Inflection

Etymology 2

Modified from above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dahhɑvɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [dahhɑve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܗܒܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܕܗܒܐ)

1. goldsmith

Inflection

References

• “dhb”, 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. 59a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 84a
• 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. 275a-b