ܣܒܐ

From Aramaic סָבָא (sāḇā); compare Hebrew סָב (sav) and סַבָּא (sába).

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ܣܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (sāḇā) m (plural ܣܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (sāḇē), feminine ܣܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (sāḇtā))

1. old, elderly, aged (of humans and animals)
2. old, no longer fresh or firm (of vegetables and fruit)

   ܐܵܕ݂ ܦ̮ܵܨܘܿܠܝܹܐ ܣܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇، ܟܹܐ ܡܲܠܥܣܵܐ ― āḏ fāṣōlyē sāḇtā ìlāh, kē malˁsā ― This fasolia is old, it makes to chew.

ܣܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (sāḇā) m (plural ܣܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (sāḇē) or ܣܵܒ݂ܲܘ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (sāḇawwāṯā) or ܣ̈ܵܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (sāḇāṯā), feminine ܣܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (sāḇtā))

1. grandfather (father of one's parents)

   ܣܵܒ݂ܝܼ ܦܠܝܼܫ ܠܹܗ ܒܩܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܬܹܒ݂ܹܝܠܵܝܵܐ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ.

   sāḇī plīš lēh b-qrāḇā tēḇēlāyā trayyānā.

   My grandfather fought in World War II.

2. (in the plural) grandparents
3. elder, senior, old man

   Synonyms: ܩܲܫܝܼܫܵܐ (qašīšā), ܪܲܒܵܐ ܒܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ (rabbā bšinnē)

4. ancestor, forefather

The plural ܣܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (sāḇē) is used for the sense of ‘grandfathers, grandparents’ and ‘elders, seniors, old men’ while the plurals ܣܵܒ݂ܲܘ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (sāḇawwāṯā) and ܣ̈ܵܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (sāḇāṯā) are used for the sense of ‘ancestors, forefathers’

• ܣܵܒ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ (sāḇōnā, “grandad, grandpa, gramps, pops”) (diminutive)
• ܣܲܝܒܘܼܬܵܐ (saybūtā, “grandfatherhood, old age”)

ܣܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (sāḇā) m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Saba or Sabass
2. a surname transferred from the given name

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ܣܸܒܵܐ • (sibbā) m (plural ܣܸܒܹ̈ܐ (sibbē))

1. (anatomy) pudendum

From the root ܣ-ܐ-ܒ (s-ʾ-b) related to growing old. Compare Hebrew סָב (sāḇ).

• (rare) ܣܐܒܐ

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ܣܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܣܒܬܐ)

1. grandfather
2. elder, senior, old man
3. (ecclesiastical) presbyter

• ܣܒܝܐ

ܣܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Saba or Sabass

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ܣܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܒܐ)

1. (anatomy) pudendum

• “sb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “sbˀ”, 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. 227b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 357a
• 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. 959b