ܫܒܒܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܫܒܒܐ (šəḇāḇā, neighbor/neighbour), from Akkadian 𒊭𒁀𒁉𒅎 (/ša bābi/, doorkeeper?; person belonging to a sector of a city, of a particular area around a section of wall, nearest such a gate or entrance, literally of the gate) + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)vɑvuθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)vɑvwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܫܒܒܘܬܐ (šəḇāḇūṯā) f (plural ܫܒܒܘܬܐ (šəḇāḇwāṯā))

  1. neighborhood/neighbourhood
    Synonyms: ܟܦܪܘܢܐ, ܩܘܪܒܐ
  2. district, city quarter
  3. nearness, vicinity

Inflection

References

  • šbbw”, 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, page 356a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 555b
  • 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, page 1499a
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