Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħor(ə)vɑ(ʔ)], [ħur(ə)vɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħor(ə)ve(ʔ)], [ħur(ə)ve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܘܪܒܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܚܘܪܒܐ)

1. stork, heron

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܚ-ܪ-ܒ ‎(ḥ-r-b) related to ruining. Compare Arabic خِرْبَة ‎(ḫirba(t)) and Hebrew חֹרֶב ‎(ḥṓreḇ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħurbɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħurbe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܘܪܒܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܚܘܪܒܐ)

1. ruin, ravaging, devastation, desolation
2. desert, wilderness, plain
3. emptiness, solitude

Inflection

References

• “xwrb)”, 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. 116a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 134b
• 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. 433a