ܛܒܐ

From Aramaic טָבָא (ṭāḇā), from Proto-Semitic *ṭāb-; compare Arabic طَيِّب (ṭayyib), Hebrew טוֹב (tov) and Akkadian 𒄭 (ṭābum, “pleasant”).

• ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ:
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• ܛܵܒ݂ܹܐ:
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ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (ṭāḇā) (feminine ܛܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (ṭāḇtā), plural ܛܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (ṭāḇē))

1. good, pleasant, well
   • Genesis 1:31:

     ܘܚܙܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܠܟܠ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ ܠܹܗ، ܘܗܵܐ، ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܪܵܒܵܐ. ܘܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܘܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܨܲܦܪܵܐ، ܝܵܘܡܵܐ ܕܐܸܫܬܵܐ.

     w-ḥzē lēh allāhā l-kul d-ˁḇīd lēh, w-hā, ṭāḇā ìwā rābā. w-wē lēh ramšā w-wē lēh ṣaprā, yāwmā d-ištā.

     Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

   Synonym: ܨܦܵܝܝܼ (ṣpāyī)

   Antonyms: ܒܝܼܫܵܐ (bīšā), ܚܸܪܒܵܐ (ḥirbā)

2. valuable, precious, excellent, honourable
3. kind, gracious, benevolent, beneficent, favourable

ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (ṭāḇā)

1. OK/okay, right, good

   ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ، ܒܸܬ ܟܵܬ݂ܒ݂ܹܢ ܠܹܗ. ― ṭāḇā, bit kāṯḇēn lēh. ― Okay, I will write it down.

ܛܵܒ݂ܹܐ • (ṭāḇē)

1. to have worth, value, be worthy or suitable

   ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܹܝܬ ܠܡܸܢܕܝܼ! ― lā kē ṭāḇēt l-mindī! ― You are worthless! (literally, “You don’t have worth for anything!”)

   ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܝܵܐ ― lā kē ṭāḇyā ― It’s not worth it; It’s not necessary. (literally, “It doesn’t have worth.”)

   ܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܠܒ݂ܘܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܝܼܢ݇, ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܲܚ ܠܲܢ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܥܲܒ݂ܝܹ̈ܐ ― hālēn lḇūšē lā kē ṭāḇī, kē bāˁaḥ lan yatīr ˁaḇyē ― These clothes are not suitable, we need thicker clothes.

From Aramaic טֵבָּא (ṭebbā)

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ܛܸܒܵܐ • (ṭibbā) m (plural ܛܸܒܹ̈ܐ (ṭibbē))

1. (in the plural) news, tidings
2. report, message, knowledge
3. rumor/rumour, saying, story
4. (grammar) predicate

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ܛܒ݂ܹܐ • (ṭḇē) m sg (feminine ܛܒ݂ܝܼܬ݂ (ṭḇīṯ), plural ܛܲܒ݂ܝܲܝ̈ (ṭaḇyay))

1. construct state singular of ܛܲܒ݂ܝܵܐ (ṭaḇyā, “gazelle”)

From the root ܛ-ܘ-ܒ (ṭ-w-b) related to being good, the adjective being from Proto-Semitic *ṭāb-.

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ܛܒܐ • (ṭāḇā) m (plural ܛܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܛܒܬܐ)

1. good, pleasant
2. valuable, precious
3. excellent, honourable
4. useful
5. equivalent
6. strong
7. happy, joyful
8. beautiful
9. kind, gracious, benevolent, beneficent, favourable
10. (botany) cultivated

ܛܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܛܒܐ)

1. good, goodness, excellence
2. virtue, benefit
3. kindness, benevolence
4. prosperity
5. (in the plural) notable persons

From the root ܛ-ܒ-ܒ (ṭ-b-b) related to informing. The sense of "predicate" is a calque of Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar).

• ܛܐܒܐ

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ܛܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܛܒܐ)

1. message, report, news, tidings, knowledge
2. rumor/rumour, saying, story
3. fame
4. thing, affair
5. (grammar) predicate

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ܛܒܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. absolute singular of ܛܒܝܐ
2. construct state singular of ܛܒܝܐ

• “ṭb”, 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, pages 121b-123a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 165a-166a
• 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, pages 507b-508a