ܫܒܪܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܫ ܒ ܪ (š b r)
1 term

Etymology

From Aramaic שַׁבְרָא (šaḇrā).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܫܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (šaḇrām sg (plural ܫܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (šaḇrē), feminine ܫܒ݂ܲܪܬ݂ܵܐ (šḇarṯā))

  1. (formal) child, toddler, infant (under five years old)
    Coordinate terms: ܛܸܦܠܵܐ (ṭiplā, baby), ܝܵܠܵܕ݇ܐ (yālā, boy), ܥܠܲܝܡܵܐ (ˁlaymā, youth)
  2. (formal) minor
    Antonym: ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܫܲܠܡܵܐ (gaḇrā šalmā)

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Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܫ-ܒ-ܪ (š-b-r) related to being childish.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܫܒܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܫܒܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܒܪܬܐ)

  1. toddler, child, infant (under five years old)
  2. candlewick
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Etymology 2

Possibly from Akkadian 𒌑𒈛𒈥𒌅 (šibburratu ).

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Pronunciation

Noun

ܫܒܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܫܒܪܐ)

  1. (botany) harmal, Syrian rue
  2. (by extension) wick made from harmal
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References

  • šbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-12-06
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 358b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 557b, 568a
  • 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, pp. 1505b-1506a