Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qavrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qavre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܒܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܩܒܪܐ)

1. grave, tomb, sepulcher/sepulchre
2. mound of earth

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܩ-ܒ-ܪ ‎(q-b-r) related to burying.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qabbɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qabbɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܒܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܩܒܪܐ)

1. heap, pile
2. clew, ball of thread
3. sheaf of corn

Inflection

References

• “qbr”, 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. 308a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 489b
• 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, pp. 1313b-1314a

Anagrams

• ܒܩܪܐ
• ܒܪܩܐ
• ܩܪܒܐ