ܝܬܒ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

  • ܐܵܬܹܒ݂ (ātēḇ)

Etymology

Root
ܘ ܬ ܒ (w t b)
3 terms

From Aramaic יתֵב (yəṯeḇ); compare Hebrew יָשַׁב (yasháv) and Arabic وَثَبَ (waṯaba).

Pronunciation 1

  • (standard) IPA(key): [jɑːtuː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ɑːtivː]

Verb

ܝܵܬܹܒ݂ (yātēḇ) (present participle ܝܬܵܒ݂ܵܐ (tāḇā), past participle ܝܬܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (tīḇā))

  1. to sit, sit down
  2. to wake up
Conjugation

Pronunciation 2

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ja.tu.]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ja.tiv.]

Verb

ܝܲܬܸܒ݂ (yattiḇ) (present participle ܝܲܬܘܼܒ݂ܹܐ (yatuḇē), past participle ܝܘܼܬܒ݂ܵܐ (yutḇā))

  1. to settle (an issue, a dispute, or someone's mind)
  2. to make inhabited; to make habitable
  3. to be located
    ܐܵܫܘܿܪ ܝܘܼܬܸܒ݂ܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܓܵܘ ܒܹܝܬ ܢܲܗܪܹܝܢ.
    āšor yutiḇtā ìlāh gāw bēt nahrēn.
    Assyria is located in Mesopotamia.
Conjugation

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܘ-ܬ-ܒ (w-t-b) related to sitting; compare Arabic وَثَبَ (waṯaba), Hebrew יָשַׁב (yāšaḇ).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): /jətɛb/, [ˈʔi.θɛv]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʔi.θɪw]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ʔiˈθew], [ʔiˈθeb]

Verb

ܝܬܒ (ʾīṯeḇ) (imperfect ܢܬܒ (netteḇ)) (peal construction)

  1. to sit, sit down; be seated
  2. to reside, dwell, settle, inhabit, live
  3. to be inhabited, be habitable
  4. to stay, remain
  5. to lie, lie down
  6. to meet, be situated
  7. to incubate
  8. to reign
  9. (with ܥܠ (ʿal)) to encamp, besiege
  10. (with ܥܠ (ʿal) + an animal) to ride
  11. (with ܥܠ (ʿal)) to board; embark
  12. to be quiet, tranquil

References

  • ytb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-19
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 146a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 198b-199a
  • 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, pages 587a-588a
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