ܕܘܢܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܕܘܢܒܬܐ
  • ܕܢܘܒܬܐ

Etymology

Compare Arabic ذَنَب (ḏanab) and Hebrew זָנָב (zānāḇ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dunbɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [dunbe(ʔ)], [dunbɑθɑ(ʔ)], [dunb(ə)jɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܘܢܒܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܕܘܢܒܝܬܐ or ܕܘܢܒܬܐ or ܕܘܢܒܐ)

  1. (animal anatomy) tail
  2. farthest part, end
  3. stump
  4. bit, scrap

Inflection

References

  • dnb”, 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. 67b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 87a
  • 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. 284a-b
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