ܛܒܝܬܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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Compare Arabic ظَبْيَة (ẓabya) and Hebrew צְבִיָּה (ṣəḇiyyâ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tˤ(ə)viθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tˤavjɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

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ܛܒܝܬܐ (ṭəḇīṯāʾf (plural ܛܒܝܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܛܒܝܐ)

  1. gazelle
  2. roe, deer, hind

Inflection

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Proper noun

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ܛܒܝܬܐ (ṭəḇīṯāʾf

  1. Tabitha, Dorcas (Biblical figure)
  2. a female given name

References

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  • ṭby”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-28
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 122a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 166a
  • 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 509b