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Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From the root ܐ-ܒ-ܠ related to mourning; compare Hebrew אֵבֶל (ʾḗḇel). The asceticism sense apparently has its root in the destruction of Jerusalem spawning practices of abstinence from thereunto sacrificed victual.
Pronunciation
Noun
ܐܒܠܐ • (ʾeḇlā) m (plural ܐܒܠܐ)
- grief, sadness, sorrow
- weeping, mourning, lamentation
- calamity
- asceticism, monkery
Inflection
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
ܐܒܠܐ • (ʾebbəlā, ʾebbālā, ʾabbālā)
- absolute singular of ܐܒܠܬܐ
References
- “ˀbl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2008-11-15
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 2a
- Nestle, Eberhard (1902) “Zur syrischen Übersetzung der Kirchengeschichte des Eusebius”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 56, page 562
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2b
- Rieger, Paul (1903) “ܐܒܝܠܐ „Der Mönch“”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 57, pages 747–749
- 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 4b