ܟܒܝܪܐ

Compare Arabic كَبِير‎ (kabīr) and Hebrew כַּבִּיר‎ (kabír).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [kab.biːrɑː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃa.biːrɑː]

ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ • (kabīrā) (feminine ܟܲܒܝܼܪܬܵܐ‎ (kabirtā), plural ܟܲܒܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (kabīrē))

1. great, large, big, massive

   ‏ܫܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܝܼ̈ ܐܝܼܬ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ ܘܫܲܦܝܼܪܵܐ.‎‎

   šḇāḇī īt lhon baytā kabīrā w-šapīrā.

   My neighbours have a massive and beautiful house.

2. many, numerous
3. (with ܒ-) rich

   ‏ܐܲܚܢܲܢ ܐܝܼܬ ܠܲܢ ܬܲܫܥܝܼܬܵܐ ܒܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ.‎‎ ― We have a rich history.

• (great): ܪܲܒܵܐ‎ (rabbā), ܓܘܼܪܵܐ‎ (gurā)
• (rich): ܥܲܬܝܼܪܵܐ‎ (ʿatīrā)

ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ • (kabīrā)

1. very, vigourously, a lot

   ‏ܐܵܢܵܐ ܘܒܵܒܝܼ ܦܠܝܼܚ ܠܲܢ ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ ܬܸܡܲܠ.‎‎ ― ānā w-bābī pliḥ lan kabīrā timmal. ― My father and I worked a lot yesterday.

2. many, much, a lot of

   ‏ܠܲܝܬ ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ ܐ݇ܢ̈ܵܫܹܐ ܐܵܟ݂ܵܐ‎ ― layt kabīrā nāšē āḵā ― there are not many people here.

• ܪܵܒܵܐ‎ (rābā)
• ܣܲܓܝܼ‎ (sagī)
• ܛܵܒ݂‎ (ṭāḇ)

From the root ܟ-ܒ-ܪ‎ (k-b-r) related to being of a large amount. Compare Arabic كَبِير‎ (kabīr) and Hebrew כַּבִּיר‎ (kabbīr).

• IPA^(key): [kabbirɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kabbire(ʔ)] (plural)

ܟܒܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܒܝܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܟܒܝܪܬܐ‎)

1. great; large, big
2. many, numerous
3. (with ܒ-) rich

ܟܒܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. (in the absolute state) much; strongly, vigourously

• “kbyr”, 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 150b
• 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 596a