Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə)vɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə)vɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܒܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܥܒܪܐ)

1. crossing, passing over
2. transgression, violation

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܥ-ܒ-ܪ ‎(ʿ-b-r) related to crossing. Compare Arabic عِبْر ‎(ʿibr) and Hebrew עֵבֶר ‎(ʿḗḇer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕɛvrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕɛvre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܒܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܥܒܪܐ)

1. crossing, passage
2. ford, strait
3. (of a river) far bank, shore
4. end, limit
5. base
6. stake, peg

Inflection

References

• “(br”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-19
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 243a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 399a
• 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. 1066b