ܝܒܝܫܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Elliptical form of ܐܪܥܐ ܝܒܝܫܬܐ (ʾarʿāʾ yabbīštāʾ), from ܐܪܥܐ (ʾarʿāʾ, land) + ܝܒܝܫܬܐ (yabbīštāʾ, dry), from the root ܝ-ܒ-ܫ (y-b-š) related to dryness. Compare Hebrew יַבָּשָׁה (yabbāšâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jabbiʃtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [jabbiʃɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܝܒܝܫܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܝܒܝܫܬܐ)

  1. earth, dry land

Inflection

Adjective

ܝܒܝܫܬܐ (transliteration needed)

  1. feminine emphatic singular of ܝܒܝܫܐ
  2. feminine emphatic plural of ܝܒܝܫܐ

References

  • ybyšh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ybšh”, 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. 136b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 185b
  • 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. 560a
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