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Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From the root ܫ-ܒ-ܛ (š-b-ṭ) related to beating out or hammering. Compare Arabic سِبْط (sibṭ), Hebrew שֵׁבֶט (šḗḇeṭ) and Armenian ճիպոտ (čipot).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܫܒܛܐ • (šaḇṭā) m (plural ܫܒܛܐ)
- rod, staff, sceptre
- spear, lance
- stick, branch
- stroke, strike, blow, hit, whipping
- punishment
- rod (unit of measure); measuring rod, standard
- (in the plural) fasces
- stripe, streak, flash
- (astronomy) meteor
- (figuratively) scourge, plague
- tribe, clan, race (especially Jews)
- arum
Inflection
Etymology 2
From the root ܫ-ܒ-ܛ (š-b-ṭ) related to beating out or hammering.
Pronunciation
Noun
ܫܒܛܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)
- straight hair
- smooth cloth
- salt pork
Inflection
Antonyms
References
- “šbṭ”, 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. 357a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 556a
- 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. 1501b