ܫܒܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic שַׁבְּתָא (šabbəṯā) ultimately borrowed from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát); compare Arabic السَّبْت (as-sabt).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʃab.tɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʃab.θɑː]

Proper noun

ܫܲܒܬܵܐ (šabtā) f, plural ܫܲܒܵܬܹ̈ܐ (šabātē)

  1. Saturday (the final day of the week following Friday and proceeding Sunday)
    ܒܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܐ، ܙܒ݂ܝܼܢܝܼ ܚܲܡܫܵܐ ܚܲܒܘܼܫܹ̈ܐ، ܬܪܹܝܢ ܡܘܼܙܹ̈ܐ، ܚܲܠܒ݂ܵܐ، ܘܒܹܥܹ̈ܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܘܼܩܵܐ ܕܫܲܒܬܵܐ.
    b-qaydāmtā, zḇinī ḥamšā ḥabušē, trē muzē, ḥalḇā, w-bēʿē min šuqā d-šabtā.
    In the morning, I bought five apples, two bananas, milk and eggs from the Saturday market.
  2. Sabbath
    • Luke 23:56:
      ܕܝܼܪܗܘܿܢ ܘܗܘܼܕܸܪܗܘܿܢ ܒܸܣܡܹ̈ܐ ܘܗܹܪ̈ܘܿܡܹܐ، ܘܒܫܲܒܬܵܐ ܫܠܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܦܘܼܩܕܵܢܵܐ.
      dirhon w-hudirhon bismē w-hēromē, w-b-šabtā šlīlhon ayḵ puqdānā.
      Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

Noun

ܫܲܒܬܵܐ (šabtā) f, plural ܫܲܒܵܬܹ̈ܐ (šabātē)

  1. Saturday
  2. week

See also

(days of the week) ܝܘܵܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܫܲܒ݂ܘܼܥܵܐ (yāwmānē d-šaḇuʿā); ܚܲܕ݇ܒ݂ܫܵܒܵܐ (ḥaḇšābā), ܬܪܹܝܢ݇ܒ݂ܫܵܒܵܐ (trēḇšābā), ܬܠܵܬܵܒ݂ܫܵܒܵܐ (tlātāḇšābā), ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܵܒܵܐ (arbʿāḇšābā), ܚܲܡܫܵܒ݂ܫܵܒܵܐ (ḥamšāḇšābā), ܥܪܘܼܒ݂ܬܵܐ (ʿruḇtā), ܫܲܒܬܵܐ (šabtā) (Category: aii:Days of the week)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic السَّبْت (as-sabt) and Hebrew שַׁבָּת (šabbāṯ).

Alternative forms

  • ܫܘܒܬܐ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃabb(ə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܒܬܐ (šabbəṯā) f (plural ܫܒܐ)

  1. Sabbath, Saturday
  2. week
    Synonym: ܫܒܘܥܐ
Inflection
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒅆𒂍𒌈 (/šibittu/); cognate to Persian شوید (ševid), Hebrew שֶׁבֶת (šéḇeṯ), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic שִׁיבְתָא (šiḇəṯā), Old Armenian սամիթ (samitʿ). Arabic شِبِثّ (šibiṯṯ) comes via Aramaic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)vɛttɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܒܬܐ (šəḇettā) f (uncountable)

  1. dill

References

  • šbh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • šbt”, 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, 358b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 558a
  • 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 1507a

Turoyo

Etymology

From Aramaic ܫܒܬܐ (šabbəṯā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃabθo/

Noun

ܫܰܒܬ݂ܳܐ (šabṯo) m, plural ܫܰܒܶܐ (šabe)

  1. week
  2. Saturday

See also

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