ܢܒܪܫܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Either from Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠*nibrāšti-⁠/) or from Akkadian 𒈾𒀊𒇺 (/⁠nabliš⁠/, “like a flame, like a light or flash”); compare Hebrew נִבְרֶשֶׁת (niḇréšeṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [navˈrɛʃ.tɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nav.r(ə.)ˈʃɑ.θɑ], [nav.rɛʃˈjɑ.θɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܢܒܪܫܬܐ • (naḇreštā) f (plural ܢܒܪܫܝܬܐ or ܢܒܪܫܬܐ)

1. candelabrum
2. hearth, fireplace
3. flame, blaze, bright fire
4. (figuratively) fiery nature

Inflection

    declension of ܢܒܪܫܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܒܪܫܐ	ܢܒܪܫܝܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܢ
construct	ܢܒܪܫܬ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬ ,ܢܒܪܫܬ
emphatic	ܢܒܪܫܬܐ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܐ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܒܪܫܬܝ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܝ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܒܪܫܬܟ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܟ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܒܪܫܬܟܝ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܟܝ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܒܪܫܬܗ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܗ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܒܪܫܬܗ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܗ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܒܪܫܬܢ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܒܪܫܬܟܘܢ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܟܘܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܒܪܫܬܟܝܢ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܟܝܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܒܪܫܬܗܘܢ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܗܘܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܒܪܫܬܗܝܢ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܗܝܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܢܒܪܫ (naḇreš)
• ܢܒܪܫܬܢܝܐ (naḇreštānāyā)
• ܢܘܒܪܫܐ (nūḇrāšā)

References

• “nbršh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-11
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 196a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 326b
• 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, pp. 885b-886a