ܢܒܝܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܢ ܒ ܐ (n b ˀ)
1 term

Borrowed from Classical Syriac, from Biblical Hebrew נָבִיא (nāḇîʾ). Compare Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܢܒ݂ܝܼܵܐ • (nḇīyā) m (plural ܢܒ݂̈ܝܼܹܐ (nḇīyē), feminine ܢܒ݂ܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (nḇīṯā))

  1. prophet
    Synonym: ܚܲܙܵܝܵܐ (ḥazzāyā)

Proper noun

ܢܒ݂ܝܼܵܐ • (nḇīyā) m

  1. a male given name
  2. a surname transferred from the given name

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Hebrew נָבִיא (nāḇîʾ). Compare Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܢܒܝܐ • (nǝḇī(ˀ)ā) m (plural ܢܒܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܒܝܬܐ)

  1. prophet
    Synonym: ܚܙܝܐ
  2. interpreter
  3. speaker, spokesman
  4. codex

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܒܝܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܢܒܝ 1st person ܢܒܝܝ ܢܒܝܢ
construct ܢܒܝ 2nd person ܢܒܝܟ ܢܒܝܟܝ ܢܒܝܟܘܢ ܢܒܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܢܒܝܐ 3rd person ܢܒܝܗ ܢܒܝܗ ܢܒܝܗܘܢ ܢܒܝܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܢܒܝܝܢ 1st person ܢܒܝܝ ܢܒܝܝܢ
construct ܢܒܝܝ 2nd person ܢܒܝܝܟ ܢܒܝܝܟܝ ܢܒܝܝܟܘܢ ܢܒܝܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܢܒܝܐ 3rd person ܢܒܝܘܗܝ ܢܒܝܝܗ ܢܒܝܝܗܘܢ ܢܒܝܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

References

  • “nby”, 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. 195a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 326a
  • 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. 884a

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