ܡܥܪܒܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܥ ܪ ܒ (ˁ r b)
6 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic מַּערְבָא (maʿrəḇā), derived from the same root as עֲרָבָא (ʿărāḇā, sunset); compare Arabic غَرْب (ḡarb) and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (ma'aráv).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇām (uncountable)

  1. west, occident (the direction of the setting sun at an equinox)
    Synonyms: ܡܓܲܢܝܵܢܵܐ (mganyānā), ܓܢܵܝ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ (gnāy yawmā)
    ܡܸܢ ܥܸܠܲܬ ܩܛܵܠ ܥܲܡܵܐ، ܐܵܫܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ ܥܪܝܼܩ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ ܒܓܵܠܘܼܬܵܐ.
    min ˁillat qṭāl ˁammā, āšōrāyē ˁrīq lhōn l-maˁrḇā b-gālūtā.
    Because of the genocide, Assyrians have fled to the west in diaspora.

Inflection

    Inflection of ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute 1st person ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܝܼ
(maˁrḇī)
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܲܢ
(maˁrḇan)
construct ܡܲܥܪܲܒ݂
(maˁraḇ)
2nd person ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂
(maˁrḇūḵ)
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ
(maˁrḇāḵ)
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(maˁrḇāwḵōn)
emphatic ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ
(maˁrḇā)
3rd person ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܹܗ
(maˁrḇēh)
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܗ̇
(maˁrḇāh)
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܗܘܿܢ
(maˁrḇhōn)

Coordinate terms

ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (garbē maˁrḇā) ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā) ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (garbē maḏnḥā)
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā) ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā)
ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (tayman maˁrḇā) ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā) ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (tayman maḏnḥā)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܥ-ܪ-ܒ (ʿ-r-b) related to the setting of the sun. Compare Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib), غَرْب (ḡarb) and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (maʿărāḇ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܡܥܪܒܐ (maʿrəḇāc(uncountable)

  1. west, occident
    Synonym: ܐܘܪܝܐ
  2. sunset, western sky
  3. west wind

Antonyms

References

  • mˁrb”, 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. 263b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 290a-b
  • 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. 804b

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