ܛܒܝܬܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic ظَبْيَة (ẓabya) and Hebrew צְבִיָּה (ṣəḇiyyâ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܛܒܝܬܐ (ṭəḇīṯāʾf (plural ܛܒܝܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܛܒܝܐ)

  1. gazelle
  2. roe, deer, hind

Inflection

Proper noun

ܛܒܝܬܐ (ṭəḇīṯāʾf

  1. Tabitha, Dorcas (Biblical figure)
  2. a female given name

References

  • ṭby”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-28
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 122a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 509b