ܕܒܝܩܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܕ-ܒ-ܩ (d-b-q) related to adhering; compare Hebrew דָּבִיק (dāḇîq), דָּבוּק (dāḇûq). The sense of "intransitive" is a calque of Arabic لَازِم (lāzim) while the sense of "conjunctive noun" is a calque of Arabic مَوْصُول (mawṣūl).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dabbiqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [dabbiqe(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

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ܕܒܝܩܐ (dabbīqāʾm (plural ܕܒܝܩܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܕܒܝܩܬܐ)

  1. adhesive, connected, attached, contiguous, cleaving, following
  2. (orthography) cursive, written together
  3. (grammar) intransitive

Inflection

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Noun

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ܕܒܝܩܐ (dabbīqāʾm (plural ܕܒܝܩܐ)

  1. adherent, follower
  2. (grammar) conjunctive pronoun, relative pronoun

Inflection

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References

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  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 57b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 82a-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. 270a