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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the older form *ܐܒܥܐ (ʾaḇʿāʾ), from *ܥܒܥܐ (ʿaḇʿāʾ), from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́abuʕ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
ܐܦܥܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܦܥܐ)
- hyena
Usage notes
While the word is normally considered feminine, it may occasionally be masculine when specifically referring to a male.
Inflection
References
- “ˀpˁ”, 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, p. 18a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 26b
- 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, p. 88b