ܬܒܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Possibly from Akkadian 𒅔 (tibnu, “straw”), otherwise cognate to it. Compare Arabic تِبْن (tibn) and Hebrew תֶּבֶן (téḇen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɛvnɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܬܒܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

1. straw, hay, chaff

Inflection

    declension of ܬܒܢܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܬܒܢ
construct	ܬܒܢ
emphatic	ܬܒܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܬܒܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܬܒܢܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܬܒܢܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܬܒܢܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܬܒܢܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܬܒܢܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܬܒܢܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܬܒܢܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܬܒܢܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܬܒܢܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܫܒܝܠ ܬܒܢܐ

Descendants

• → Arabic: تِبْن (tibn)

Etymology 2

Modified from above. Compare Arabic تَبَّان (tabbān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tabbɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tabbɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܒܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܒܢܐ)

1. baler

Inflection

    inflection of ܬܒܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܬܒܢ	ܬܒܢܝܢ
construct	ܬܒܢ	ܬܒܢܝ
emphatic	ܬܒܢܐ	ܬܒܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܬܒܢܝ	ܬܒܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܬܒܢܟ	ܬܒܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܬܒܢܟܝ	ܬܒܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܬܒܢܗ	ܬܒܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܬܒܢܗ	ܬܒܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܬܒܢܢ	ܬܒܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܬܒܢܟܘܢ	ܬܒܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܬܒܢܟܝܢ	ܬܒܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܬܒܢܗܘܢ	ܬܒܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܬܒܢܗܝܢ	ܬܒܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “tbn”, 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. 387a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 603b
• 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. 1620b