ܐܪܒܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌑𒌨𒁀𒉡 (/⁠urbānu⁠/, “papyrus plant, reeds; writing medium”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ʔarˈbɑ.nɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔarˈbɑ.nɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔɑrˈbo.no]

Noun

ܐܪܒܢܐ • (ʾarbānā) m (plural ܐܪܒܢܐ (ʾarbānē))

1. kind of plant: rush, bulrush, flag, reed, papyrus
   • Peshitta, Isaiah 19:6:

     ܘܢܓܘܙܘܢ ܢܗܪ̈ܘܬܐ: ܘܢܬܡܣܟܢܘܢ. ܘܢܚܪܒܘܢ ܢܗܪ̈ܘܬܐ ܥܫܝܢܐ. ܩܢܝܐ ܘܐܪܒܢܐ ܘܦܦܪܘܢ ܢܐܒܫܘܢ.

     wa-nəḡūzun nahrawwāṯā, wə-neṯmaskənun wə-neḥrəḇun nahrawwāṯā ʿaššīnē. qanyā wə-ʾarbānā wə-pāpērōn nēḇəšun.

     And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

2. (botany) palm spathe

Inflection

    inflection of ܐܪܒܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܪܒܢ	ܐܪܒܢܝܢ
construct	ܐܪܒܢ	ܐܪܒܢܝ
emphatic	ܐܪܒܢܐ	ܐܪܒܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܪܒܢܝ	ܐܪܒܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܪܒܢܟ	ܐܪܒܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܪܒܢܟܝ	ܐܪܒܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܪܒܢܗ	ܐܪܒܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܪܒܢܗ	ܐܪܒܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܪܒܢܢ	ܐܪܒܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܪܒܢܟܘܢ	ܐܪܒܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܪܒܢܟܝܢ	ܐܪܒܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܪܒܢܗܘܢ	ܐܪܒܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܪܒܢܗܝܢ	ܐܪܒܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ˀrbn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-06-15
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 18b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 27b
• 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 94a