ܛܒܐ

From Aramaic טָבָא‎ (ṭāḇā), from Proto-Semitic *ṭāb-; compare Arabic طَيِّب‎ (ṭayyib), Hebrew טוֹב‎ (tov) and Akkadian 𒄭 (ṭābum, “pleasant”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [tˤɑːwɑː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [tˤɑːvɑː]

ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (ṭāḇā) (feminine ܛܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ‎ (ṭāḇtā), plural ܛܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (ṭāḇē))

1. good, pleasant, well
   • Genesis 1:31:

     ‏ܘܚܙܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܠܟܠ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ ܠܹܗ، ܘܗܵܐ، ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܪܵܒܵܐ. ܘܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܘܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܨܲܦܪܵܐ، ܝܵܘܡܵܐ ܕܐܸܫܬܵܐ.‎‎

     w-ḥzē lēh allāhā l-kul d-ʿḇid lēh, w-hā, ṭāḇā ìwā rābā. w-wē lēh ramšā w-wē lēh ṣaprā, yāwmā d-ištā.

     Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

   Synonym: ܨܦܵܝܝܼ‎ (ṣpāyī)

   Antonym: ܚܸܪܒܵܐ‎ (ḥirbā)

2. valuable, precious, excellent, honourable
3. kind, gracious, benevolent, beneficent, favourable

ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (ṭāḇā)

1. ok, right, good

From Aramaic טֵבָּא‎ (ṭebbā)

• (standard) IPA^(key): [tˤib.bɑː]

ܛܸܒܵܐ • (ṭibbā) m (plural ܛܸܒܹ̈ܐ (ṭibbē))

1. (in the plural) news, tidings
2. report, message, knowledge
3. rumor/rumour, saying, story
4. (grammar) predicate

• (standard) IPA^(key): [tˤaːveː]

ܛܵܒ݂ܹܐ • (ṭāḇē) (present participle ܛܒ݂ܵܝܵܐ‎ (ṭḇāyā), past participle ܛܸܒ݂ܝܵܐ‎ (ṭiḇyā))

1. to have worth, value, be worthy or suitable

   ‏ܐܲܢ ܠܒ݂ܘܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܝܼܢ݇, ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܲܚ ܠܲܢ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܚܠܝܼܡܹ̈ܐ‎

   an lḇušē lā kē ṭāḇī, kē bāʿaḥ lan yatir ḥlīmē

   These clothes are not suitable, we need thicker clothes.

   ‏ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܹܝܬ ܠܡܸܢܕܝܼ!‎‎

   lā kē ṭāḇēt l-mindī!

   You are worthless!

   (literally, “You don’t have worth for anything!”)

   ‏ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܝܵܐ‎‎

   lā kē ṭāḇyā

   It’s not worth it; It’s not necessary.

   (literally, “It doesn’t have worth.”)

From the root ܛ-ܘ-ܒ‎ (ṭ-w-b) related to being good, the adjective being from Proto-Semitic *ṭāb-.

• IPA^(key): [tˤɑvɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tˤɑve] (plural)

ܛܒܐ • (ṭāḇā) m (plural ܛܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܛܒܬܐ‎)

1. good, pleasant
2. valuable, precious
3. excellent, honourable
4. useful
5. equivalent
6. strong
7. happy, joyful
8. beautiful
9. kind, gracious, benevolent, beneficent, favourable
10. (botany) cultivated

ܛܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܛܒܐ)

1. good, goodness, excellence
2. virtue, benefit
3. kindness, benevolence
4. prosperity
5. (in the plural) notable persons

From the root ܛ-ܒ-ܒ‎ (ṭ-b-b) related to informing. The sense of "predicate" is a calque of Arabic خَبَر‎ (ḵabar).

• ܛܐܒܐ‎

• IPA^(key): [tˤɛbbɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tˤɛbbe] (plural)

ܛܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܛܒܐ)

1. message, report, news, tidings, knowledge
2. rumor/rumour, saying, story
3. fame
4. thing, affair
5. (grammar) predicate

• IPA^(key): [tˤ(ə)ve]

ܛܒܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. absolute singular of ܛܒܝܐ‎
2. construct state singular of ܛܒܝܐ‎

• “ṭb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 121b-123a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 165a-166a
• 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, page 507b-508a