ܕܐܒܐ

Inherited from Aramaic דֵּאבָא (dēʾḇā), from Proto-Semitic *ḏiʔb- (“wolf”); compare Arabic ذِئْب (ḏiʔb), Hebrew זְאֵב (z'év) and Akkadian 𒉡𒌝𒈠 (zībum, “jackall”).

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ܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܐ • (dēḇā) m (plural ܕܹܐܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (dēḇē) or ܕܹܐ̈ܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܹܐ (dēḇāḇē), feminine ܕܹܐܒ݂ܬܵܐ (dēḇtā))

1. wolf (wild carnivorous mammal largest of the dog family, living and hunting in packs)

• ܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܐ ܘܥܸܪ̈ܒܹܐ (dēḇā w-ˁirbē, “fox and geese”, literally “wolf and sheep”)
• ܡܡܲܠܘܿܠܹܐ ܥܲܠ ܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܐ ܘܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܐ ܠܬܲܪܥܵܐ (mmalōlē ˁal dēḇā w-dēḇā ltarˁā, “speak of the devil”, literally “speaking of the wolf, and the wolf is at the door”)

ܕܹܐܒ݂ܵܐ • (dēḇā) m

1. (astronomy) Lupus

• ܕܐܝܒܐ, ܕܝܒܐ

From Proto-Semitic *ḏiʔb- (“wolf”).

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ܕܐܒܐ • (de’vā) m (plural ܕܐܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܕܐܒܬܐ)

1. wolf, he-wolf

While the word is normally considered masculine, it may occasionally be feminine when specifically referring to a female.

• “dˀb”, 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 57a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 81a
• 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, →ISBN, page 268a