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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic מַּערְבָא (maʿrəḇā), place noun derived from the same root as עֲרָבָא (ʿărāḇā, “sunset”) meaning “place of sunsetting”; compare Arabic غَرْب (ḡarb) and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (ma'aráv).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ • (maˁrḇā) m (uncountable)
- 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
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܲܥܪܲܒ݂ (maˁraḇ) | 1st person | ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܝܼ (maˁrḇī) | ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܲܢ (maˁrḇan) | |||
| construct | ܡܲܥܪܲܒ݂ (maˁraḇ) | 2nd person | ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (maˁrḇōḵ) | ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (maˁrḇāḵ) | ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (maˁrḇawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā) | 3rd person | ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܹܗ (maˁrḇēh) | ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܗ̇ (maˁrḇāh) | ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܗܘܿܢ (maˁrḇhōn) | |||
Coordinate terms
compass points: ܦܸܢ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܫܸܪ̈ܫܵܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (pinyāṯā širšānāyāṯā):
| ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (garbē maˁrḇā) | ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā) | ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (garbē maḏnḥā) |
| ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā) | 
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ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā) |
| ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (tayman maˁrḇā) | ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā) | ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (tayman maḏnḥā) |
Derived terms
- ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐܝܼܬ (maˁrḇāˀīt, “westerly”)
- ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (maˁrḇāyūtā)
- ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܝܵܐ (maˁrḇāyā, “western, occidental”)
- ܡܲܥܪܸܒ݂ (maˁriḇ, “to westernise”)
- ܦܵܘܚܵܐ ܕܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (pāwḥā dmadnḥā, “west wind”)
Related terms
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib), غَرْب (ḡarb) and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (maʿărāḇ)
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܥܪܒܐ • (maʿrəḇā) c(uncountable)
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, page 263b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 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, →ISBN, page 804b