Borrowed from Arabic عُلَب (ʕulab), the collective plural of عُلْبَة (ʕulba), possibly related to Akkadian 𒀀𒆷𒈪𒌅 (a-la-mi-tu /alamittu, elamittu, alabattu/, “a kind of palm-tree”) from which such a box would have been made.
ܥܘܼܠܒܵܐ • (ˁulbā) m (plural ܥܘܼܠܒܹ̈ܐ (ˁulbē))
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܥܘܼܠܲܒ݂ (ˁūlaḇ) | 1st person | ܥܘܼܠܒܝܼ (ˁulbī) | ܥܘܼܠܒܲܢ (ˁulban) | |||
| construct | ܥܘܼܠܲܒ݂ (ˁūlaḇ) | 2nd person | ܥܘܼܠܒܘܼܟ݂ (ˁulbōḵ) | ܥܘܼܠܒܵܟ݂ܝ (ˁulbāḵ) | ܥܘܼܠܒܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ˁulbawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܥܘܼܠܒܵܐ (ˁulbā) | 3rd person | ܥܘܼܠܒܹܗ (ˁulbēh) | ܥܘܼܠܒܵܗ̇ (ˁulbāh) | ܥܘܼܠܒܗܘܿܢ (ˁulbhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܥܘܼܠܒܝܼ̈ܢ (ˁulbīn) | 1st person | ܥܘܼܠܒܝܼ̈ (ˁulbī) | ܥܘܼܠܒܲܢ̈ (ˁulban) | |||
| construct | ܥܘܼܠܒܲܝ̈ (ˁulbay) | 2nd person | ܥܘܼܠܒܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ˁulbōḵ) | ܥܘܼܠܒܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ˁulbāḵ) | ܥܘܼܠܒܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ˁulbawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܥܘܼܠܒܹ̈ܐ (ˁulbē) | 3rd person | ܥܘܼܠܒܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ˁulbūh) | ܥܘܼܠܒܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (ˁulbōh) | ܥܘܼܠܒܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (ˁulbayhōn) | |||