ܡܥܪܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Root
ܥ ܪ ܒ‎ (ʿ r b)
4 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic מַּערְבָא‎ (maʿrəḇā); compare Arabic غَرْب‎ (ḡarb) and Hebrew מַעֲרָב‎ (ma'aráv).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [ma.ʕrə.wɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ma.ʔər.vɑː]

Noun

ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ • (maʿrḇā) m (uncountable)

  1. west, occident (the direction of the setting sun at an equinox)
    ‏ܡܸܢ ܥܸܠܬܵܐ ܕܡܣܝܼܦܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ، ܐܵܫܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ ܥܪܝܼܩ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ ܒܓܲܠܘܼܬܵܐ.‎‎
    min ʿiltā d-msīpānutā, āšorāyē ʿriqlhon l-maʿrwā b-galutā
    Because of the genocide, Assyrians have fled to the west in diaspora.

Declension
Inflection of ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maʿrḇā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute – 1st person ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܝܼ‎ (maʿrḇī) ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܲܢ‎
(maʿrḇan)
construct ܡܲܥܪܒ݂‎
(maʿrḇ)		 2nd person ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂‎
(maʿrḇuḵ)		 ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ‎
(maʿrḇāḵ)		 ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ‎
(maʿrḇāwḵon)
emphatic ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ
(maʿrḇā)		 3rd person ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܹܗ‎
(maʿrḇēh)		 ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܘܿܗ̇‎
(maʿrḇoh)		 ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܗܘܿܢ‎
(maʿrḇhon)

Coordinate terms
  • (compass points) ܦܸܢܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܫܸܪ̈ܫܵܢܵܝܵܬܹܐ‎ (pinyātē širšānāyātē);
ܓܲܪܒܲܝ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ‎ (garbay maʿrḇā) ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ‎ (garbyā) ܓܲܪܒܲܝ ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ‎ (garbay madnḥā)
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maʿrḇā) ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ‎ (madnḥā)
ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ‎ (tayman maʿrḇā) ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ‎ (taymnā) ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ‎ (tayman madnḥā)

Derived terms
  • ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐܝܼܬ‎ (madnḥāʾīt, “westerly”)
  • ܡܲܥܪܸܒ݂‎ (maʿriḇ, “to westernise”)
  • ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܝܵܐ‎ (maʿrḇāyā, “western, occidental”)
  • ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ‎ (maʿrḇāyutā)
  • ܦܵܘܚܵܐ ܕܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ‎ (pāwḥā dmadnḥā, “west wind”)

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܥ-ܪ-ܒ‎ (ʿ-r-b) related to the setting of the sun. Compare Arabic مَغْرِب‎ (maḡrib), غَرْب‎ (ḡarb) and Hebrew מַעֲרָב‎ (maʿărāḇ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [maʕr(ə)vɑ]

Noun

ܡܥܪܒܐ • (maʿrəḇā) c (uncountable)

  1. west, occident
    Synonym: ܐܘܪܝܐ‎
  2. sunset, western sky
  3. west wind

Antonyms

References
  • “mˁrb”, 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, p. 263b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 290a-b
  • 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. 804b

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