ܨܒܥܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܨ ܒ ܥ (ṣ b ˁ)
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Aramaic צֵבְעָא (ṣeḇˁā), from Proto-Semitic *ṣabaġ-; compare Arabic صِبْغ (ṣibḡ) and Hebrew צֶבַע (tséva).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܨܸܒ݂ܥܵܐ or ܨܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܐ (ṣiḇˁā or ṣuḇˁām sg (plural ܨܸܒ݂ܥܹ̈ܐ (ṣiḇˁē))

  1. dye, pigment
  2. color
    Synonym: ܓܵܘܢܵܐ (gāwnā)
Inflection

Etymology 2

Derived from the above; compare Arabic صَبَّاغ (ṣabbāḡ) and Hebrew צַבָּע (tsabá).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܨܲܒܵܥܵܐ (ṣabbāˁām sg (plural ܨܲܒܵܥܹ̈ܐ (ṣabbāˁē), feminine ܨܲܒܵܥܬܵܐ (ṣabbāˁtā))

  1. dyer (person who dyes cloth or other material)
Inflection

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔiṣbaʕ-, compare Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אֶצְבְּעָא (ʾeṣbəʿā), Arabic إِصْبَع (ʔiṣbaʕ), Hebrew אֶצְבַּע (ʾeṣbaʿ), Egyptian ḏbꜥ.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܨܒܥܐ (ṣeḇʿāf (plural ܨܒܥܬܐ or ܨܒܥܐ)

  1. (anatomy) finger, toe, digit
  2. finger (unit of measure equal to six barleycorns)
Usage notes

Usually, the plural ܨܒܥܐ (ṣeḇʿēʾ) is a paucal plural (from two to ten) while the plural ܨܒܥܬܐ (ṣeḇʿāṯāʾ) is a multiple plural (eleven or more).

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܨ-ܒ-ܥ (ṣ-b-ʿ) related to dyeing, and the verb ܨܒܥ (ṣbaʿ, to dip, to immerse; to dye) from Proto-Semitic *ṣabaġ-. Compare Arabic صِبْغ (ṣibḡ) and Hebrew צֶבַע (ṣéḇaʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܨܒܥܐ (ṣeḇʿām (plural ܨܒܥܐ)

  1. color/colour, coloring/colouring
Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܨ-ܒ-ܥ (ṣ-b-ʿ) related to dyeing. Compare Arabic صَبْغ (ṣabḡ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܨܒܥܐ (ṣəḇāʿām (plural ܨܒܥܐ)

  1. dyeing, coloring/colouring
  2. dye, pigment
  3. (medicine) external application
Inflection

Etymology 4

From the root ܨ-ܒ-ܥ (ṣ-b-ʿ) related to dyeing. Compare Arabic صَبَّاغ (ṣabbāḡ) and Hebrew צַבָּע (ṣabbāʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܨܒܥܐ (ṣabbāʿām (plural ܨܒܥܐ)

  1. dyer
Inflection

References

  • ṣbˁ”, 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, page 298a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 473a
  • 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, page 1272a-b