ܣܒܬܐ

From Aramaic סָבְתָא (sāḇəṯā); compare Hebrew סָבָה (savá) and סַבְתָּא (sávta).

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ܣܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ • (sāḇtā) f (plural ܣܵܒ݂ܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ (sāḇyātē) or ܣܵܒ݂ܬܵܬ݂ܵܐ (sāḇtāṯā), masculine ܣܵܒ݂ܵܐ (sāḇā))

1. grandmother (mother of one's parent)

   ܣܵܒ݂ܬܝܼ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܒܲܫܠܵܢܬܵܐ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܝܲܩܝܼܪܬܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܫܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܘܼܬܵܐ.

   sāḇtī ìlāh bašlāntā yatīr yaqīrtā gāw šḇāḇūtā.

   My grandmother is the best cook in the neighbourhood.

2. elder, senior, old woman

• ܣܵܒ݂ܘܿܢܬܵܐ (sāḇōntā) (diminutive)
• ܢܵܢܘܿܢܬܵܐ (nānōntā) (colloquial)
• ܢܵܢܵܐ (nānā) (colloquial)

• ܣܲܝܒܘܼܬܵܐ (saybūtā, “grandmotherhood, old age”)

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

• (rare) ܣܐܒܬܐ

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ܣܒܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܒܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܣܒܐ)

1. grandmother
2. elder, senior, old woman

• ܣܒܬܝܐ
• ܣܒܬܢܝܐ

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ܣܒܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܒܬܐ)

1. froth, foam, scum

• “sbh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “sbtˀ”, 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. 966a