Developed from ܪܲܒܵܐ (rabbā, “master”) + -ܝܼ (-ī, “my”), literally “my master”, from Proto-Semitic *rabb-.
ܪܲܒܝܼ or ܪܵܒܝܼ • (rabī or rābī) m (plural ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܹܐ (rabīyē), feminine ܪܲܒܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (rabīṯā))
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | {{{sg.abs.}}} () |
1st person | ܪܲܒܝܼ (rabī) |
ܪܲܒܝܼܲܢ (rabīyan) | ||
| construct | {{{sg.cstr.}}} () |
2nd person | ܪܲܒܝܼܘܼܟ݂ (rabīyūḵ) |
ܪܲܒܝܼܵܟ݂ܝ (rabīyāḵ) |
ܪܲܒܝܼܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rabīyāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܪܲܒܝܼ (rabī) |
3rd person | ܪܲܒܝܼܹܗ (rabīyēh) |
ܪܲܒܝܼܘܿܗ̇ (rabīyōh) |
ܪܲܒܝܼܗܘܿܢ (rabīhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | {{{pl.abs.}}} () |
1st person | ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼ (rabī) |
ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܲܢ (rabīyan) | ||
| construct | {{{pl.cstr.}}} () |
2nd person | ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܘܼܟ݂ (rabīyūḵ) |
ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܵܟ݂ܝ (rabīyāḵ) |
ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rabīyāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܹܐ (rabīyē) |
3rd person | ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܹܗ (rabīyēh) |
ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܘܿܗ̇ (rabīyōh) |
ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܗܘܿܢ (rabīhōn) | ||