ܟܠܒܐ

From Aramaic כַּלְבָּא (kalbā), from Proto-Semitic *kalb-; compare Arabic كَلْب (kalb), Hebrew כֶּלֶב (kélev) and Akkadian 𒌨 (kalbum). The latter noun is an occupational noun derived from the former; compare Arabic كَلَّاب (kallāb).

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ܟܲܠܒܵܐ • (kalbā) m (plural ܟܲܠܒܹ̈ܐ (kalbē), feminine ܟܲܠܒܬ݂ܵܐ (kalbṯā))

1. dog, hound

   ܟܲܠܒܵܐ ܢܒ݂ܝܼܚ ܠܹܗ ܟܠ ܠܲܝܠܹܐ. ― kalbā nḇīḥ lēh kul laylē. ― The dog barked every night.

   • Psalms 59:6:

     ܟܹܐ ܕܵܥܪܝܼ ܒܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܙܵܘܙܝܼ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܟܲܠܒܹ̈ܐ، ܘܚܵܕ݂ܪܝܼ ܚܵܕ݂ܸܪ̈ܘܵܢܹܐ ܕܡܕ݂ܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ.

     kē dāˁrī b-ramšā zāwzī ayḵ kalbē, w-ḥāḏrī ḥāḏirwānē d-mḏītā.

     They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.

2. (figuratively, offensive) dog, sod, bastard, asshole

   ܟܲܠܒܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ! ― kalbā ìlēh! ― He's a dog!

ܟܲܠܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (kallāḇā) m (plural ܟܲܠܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (kallāḇē), feminine ܟܲܠܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (kallāḇtā))

1. dog keeper, dog trainer

From Proto-Semitic *kalb-. The sense of "dog day" is a calque of Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn).

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ܟܠܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܠܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܟܠܒܬܐ)

1. wild, mad

ܟܠܒܐ • (kalbā) m (plural ܟܠܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܟܠܒܬܐ)

1. dog, hound
2. (figuratively, offensive) dog, sod, bastard, asshole, etc.
3. dog day
4. name of a wind

• ܟܠܒܐ ܕܝܡܐ (kalbā d-yammā, “shark”)
• ܟܠܒܐ ܕܡܝܐ (kalbā d-mayyā, “otter, beaver”)

• → Old Armenian: կուղբ (kułb, “beaver”)

ܟܠܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m

1. (astronomy) Dog Star, Sirius, Canicula

• ܟܠܒܐ ܕܓܢܒܪܐ

Related to above. Compare Arabic كَلَب (kalab).

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ܟܠܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

1. rage, madness

Modified from above. Compare Arabic كَلَّاب (kallāb).

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ܟܠܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܠܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܟܠܒܬܐ)

1. dog keeper, dog trainer; one who hunts with dogs

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ܟܠܒܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. absolute singular of ܟܠܒܬܐ

ܟܠܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܠܒܐ)

1. Alternative spelling of ܟܘܠܒܐ

• “klb”, 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, page 156a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 215b
• 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, page 622ab

From Aramaic כלבא.

• IPA^(key): /kalbo/

ܟܰܠܒܳܐ • (kalbo) m (plural ܟܰܠܒܶܐ (kalbe))

1. dog