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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *dubb- (“bear”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܕܒܐ • (debbā) c (plural ܕܒܐ (debbē))
- bear
- Peshitta, 2 Kings 2:24:
ܘܢܦܩ ܬܪܬܝܢ ܕ̈ܒܝܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܒܐ: ܘܦܪܬ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܐܪܒܥܝܢ ܘܬܪܝܢ ܛܠܝ̈ܝܢ.- wa-nəp̄aq tartēn debbīn men ʿāḇā, wə-p̄arreṯ menhōn ʾarbəʿīn wa-ṯərēn ṭəlāyīn.
- And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
Inflection
References
- “db”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-02
- 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 81b
- 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 268b