Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rabbuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [rab(bə)wɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܒܘܬܐ • ‎(rabbūṯāʾ) f ‎(plural ܪܒܘܬܐ)

1. greatness, grandeur, magnificence, majesty
2. power
3. importance
4. esteem, dignity, honour
5. generosity
6. size, magnitude
7. increase, augmentation

Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic رِبْوَة ‎(ribwa(t)), Hebrew רְבָבָה ‎(rəḇāḇâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɛbbuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [rɛb(bə)wɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Numeral

ܪܒܘܬܐ • ‎(rebbūṯāʾ) f ‎(plural ܪܒܘܬܐ)

1. myriad, ten thousand

Inflection

References

• “rbw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-03-19
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 334b, 335a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 526a
• 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. 1426b