ܫܒܛܐ

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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 (šaḇṭām (plural ܫܒܛܐ)

  1. rod, staff, sceptre
  2. spear, lance
  3. stick, branch
  4. stroke, strike, blow, hit, whipping
  5. punishment
  6. rod (unit of measure); measuring rod, standard
  7. (in the plural) fasces
  8. stripe, streak, flash
  9. (astronomy) meteor
  10. (figuratively) scourge, plague
  11. tribe, clan, race (especially Jews)
  12. arum
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ-ܒ-ܛ (š-b-ṭ) related to beating out or hammering.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܫܒܛܐ (transliteration neededm(uncountable)

  1. straight hair
  2. smooth cloth
  3. salt pork
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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