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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܫ-ܒ-ܚ (š-b-ḥ) related to praising; compare Arabic سَبْح (sabḥ) and Hebrew שֶׁבַח (šéḇaḥ). The sense of "opinion" is a calque of Ancient Greek δόξα (dóxa).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܫܘܒܚܐ • (šuḇḥā) m (plural ܫܘܒܚܐ)
- praise, glory, honour, majesty, splendor
- holiday, feast day
- doxology, hymn
- division of a psalter
- opinion, belief, tenet
Inflection
Proper noun
ܫܘܒܚܐ • (šūḇḥā) m
- (Christianity) Gloria Patri
References
- “šbwḥ”, 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. 356b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 536a
- 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. 1518a