Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə)vɑ(ʔ)]

Verb

ܥܒܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. to swell
2. to thicken

Etymology 2

Either from the root ܥ-ܒ-ܐ ‎(ʿ-b-ʾ) related to swelling or thickening or from the root ܥ-ܘ-ܒ ‎(ʿ-w-b) related to darkening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕɑvɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕɑve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܒܐ • ‎(ʿāḇā) m ‎(plural ܥܒܐ)

1. forest, woods, jungle

Inflection

Derived terms

• ܥܒܘܢܐ

See also

• ܥܒܬܐ

Etymology 3

From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́abb-. Compare Arabic ضَبّ ‎(ḍabb, “spiny-tailed lizard”) and Hebrew צַב ‎(ṣaḇ, “turtle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕabbɑ(ʔ)], [ʕɑvɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕabbe(ʔ)], [ʕɑve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܒܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܥܒܐ)

1. The spiny-tailed lizard.

Inflection

References

• “(b”, 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. 246b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 395b
• 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. 1054b