Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܥܪܒܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܥܪܒܐ)

1. large wooden bowl or vessel; washtub, kneading trough
2. cup (unit of measure)
3. water wheel
4. olive press
5. vetch, chickpea

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ḍrb. Compare Hebrew עֵרֶב ‎(ʿḗreḇ) and Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤑 ‎(ṣrb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕɛrbɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕɛrbe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܪܒܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܥܪܒܐ)

1. sheep, lamb
2. ram

Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܥ-ܪ-ܒ ‎(ʿ-r-b) related to setting, from Proto-Semitic *ġrb. Compare Arabic غَرْب ‎(ġarb) and Hebrew עֶרֶב ‎(ʿéreḇ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə)rɑvɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə)rɑve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܪܒܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܥܪܒܐ)

1. sunset
2. west

Inflection

Antonyms

• ܕܢܚܐ

Etymology 4

From the root ܥ-ܪ-ܒ ‎(ʿ-r-b) related to pledging.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə)rɑvɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə)rɑve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܪܒܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܥܪܒܐ)

1. guarantee, surety

Inflection

Etymology 5

Modified from above. Compare Arabic عَرَّاب ‎(ʿarrāb) and Hebrew עָרֵב ‎(ʿārēḇ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕarrɑvɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕarrɑve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܪܒܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܥܪܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܥܪܒܬܐ)

1. sponsor, guarantor, surety, securer
2. guardian, godfather
3. groomsman
4. (law) security, bail

Inflection

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕarbe(ʔ)]

Noun

ܥܪܒܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. emphatic plural of ܥܪܒܬܐ

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕɑrɑvɑ(ʔ)]

Proper noun

ܥܪܒܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f

1. Arabah

References

• “(rb”, 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. 263a, b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 427a
• 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. 1134a-b