ܨܒܥܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܨܒܥܬܐ

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʔiṣbaʕ- through a variant of Aramaic אֶצְבְּעָא‎ (ʾeṣbəʿā); compare Classical Syriac ܨܒܥܐ (ṣeḇʿā), Arabic إِصْبَع (ʔiṣbaʕ) and Hebrew אֶצְבַּע (ʾeṣbaʿ).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [sˤɪwʕ(ə)taː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [sˤɪpˤ.taː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [sˤɪbeːθaː]

Noun

ܨܸܒ݂ܥܬܵܐ (ṣiḇʿtā) f (plural ܨܸܒ݂ܥܵܬܹ̈ܐ (ṣiḇʿātē) or ܨܸܒ̈ܥܹܐ (ṣibʿē))

  1. (anatomy) finger, toe, digit
  2. finger (unit of measure equal to six barleycorns)

Inflection

Hyponyms

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sˤɛvʕɑθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܨܒܥܬܐ (transliteration needed)

  1. emphatic plural of ܨܒܥܐ
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