ܪܒܝ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Aramaic רַבִּי‎ (rabbī), from Proto-Semitic *rabb-. Equivalent to ܪܲܒܵܐ‎ (rābba, “master”) +‎ -ܝܼ‎ (-ī, “my”), literally “my master”.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [rab.biː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [raːbiː]

Noun

ܪܲܒܝܼ or ܪܵܒܝܼ • (rabbī or rābī) m (feminine ܪܲܒܝܼܬܵܐ‎ (rabbītā), plural ܪ̈ܲܒ݂ܝܼܹܐ‎ (rabbīyē))

  1. professor, teacher: a university academic of the highest rank; the holder of a university chair.
    ‏ܚܲܪܬܵܐ ܦܝܼܫ ܠܹܗ ܪܲܒܝܼ ܕܡܡܲܠܠܘܼܬ ܟܝܵܢܵܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܓܵܘ ܒܹܝܬ ܨܵܘܒܹ̈ܐ ܕܫܸܟܵܓܘܿ.‎‎
    ḥartā pīšlēh rabbī d-mmallut kyānāyātē gāw bēt ṣāwbē d-šikāgo.
    He then became a professor of physics at the University of Chicago.
  2. rabbi, spiritual teacher: a Jewish scholar or teacher, especially one who studies or teaches Jewish law.
    ‏ܗ̇ܘ ܝܠܹܗ ܪܲܒܝܼ ܕܠܲܒܸܠ ܠܕܟܢܘܼܫܬܵܐ.‎‎
    āwa īlēh rabbī d-labil l-knuštā.
    He is the rabbi that leads at the synagogue.

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