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Classical Syriac
Etymology
Feminine form of ܢܒܝܐ (n(ə)ḇījā(ʾ), “prophet”), from Hebrew נָבִיא (nāḇîʾ). Compare Arabic نُبُوَّة (nubuwwa) and Hebrew נְבִיאָה (nəḇîʾâ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܢܒܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܢܒܝܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܢܒܝܐ)
- prophetess
- prophet's wife
- interpreter
- speaker, spokeswoman
Inflection
References
- “nbyh”, 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. 884b