ܫܒܘܥܐ

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac derived from ܫܲܒ݂ܥܵܐ (šaḇˁā, “seven”); compare Arabic أُسْبُوع (ʔusbūʕ) and Hebrew שָׁבוּעַ (shavúa').

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ܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ • (šāḇōˁā) m sg (plural ܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܹ̈ܐ (šāḇōˁē))

1. week, period of seven days

   Synonym: ܫܲܒܬ݂ܵܐ (šabṯā)

   ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܒܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ ܫܲܒ݂ܥܵܐ ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ. ― īṯ b-šāḇōˁā šaḇˁā yāwmānē. ― There are seven days in a week

2. sabbatical cycle
3. (ecclesiastical) liturgical season divided into seven weeks

(days of the week) ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (yāwmānē d-šāḇōˁā); ܚܲܕ݇ܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (ḥaḇšabbā), ܬܪܹܝܢ݇ܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (trēḇšabbā), ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (tlāṯāḇšabbā), ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (arbˁāḇšabbā), ܚܲܡܫܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (ḥamšāḇšabbā), ܥܪܘܼܒ݂ܬܵܐ (ˁruḇtā), ܫܲܒܬ݂ܵܐ (šabṯā) ^{(Category: aii:Days of the week)}

• ܪܦܵܦܵܐ (rpāpā, “moment”), ܬܪܲܝܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (trayyānīṯā, “second”), ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ (šāˁṯā, “hour”), ܝܵܘܡܵܐ (yāwmā, “day”), ܝܲܪܚܵܐ (yarḥā, “month”), ܐܸܩܡܵܐ (iqmā, “season”), ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ (šēttā, “year”)

• ܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܝܵܐ (šāḇōˁāyā, “weekly”), ܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (šāḇōˁāˀīṯ)
• ܫܘܼܠܵܡ ܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (šūlām šāḇōˁā, “weekend”)
• ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ ܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (brīḵ šāḇōˁā)

• (rare) ܫܒܘܥܬܐ

Derived from ܫܒܥܐ (šaḇʿāʾ, “seven”). Compare Arabic أُسْبُوع (ʔusbūʕ) and Hebrew שָׁבוּעַ (šāḇûaʿ).

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ܫܒܘܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܒܘܥܐ)

1. week

   Synonym: ܫܒܬܐ (šabbəṯā)

2. sabbatical cycle
3. (ecclesiastical) liturgical season divided into seven weeks

• “šbwˁ”, 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. 357b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 555b
• 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. 1500a