ܕܒܫܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology

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Root
ܕ ܒ ܫ (d b š)
5 terms

Compare Akkadian 𒋭 (lal3 /⁠dišpu⁠/, syrup), Arabic دِبْس (dibs, molasses), Hebrew דְּבַשׁ (dəḇaš, honey).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [dɪwʃaː]

Noun

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ܕܸܒ݂ܫܵܐ (diḇšām (uncountable)

  1. honey

Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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Compare Akkadian 𒋭 (lal3 /⁠dišpu⁠/, syrup), Arabic دِبْس (dibs, molasses), Hebrew דְּבַשׁ (dəḇaš, honey).

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈdɛv.ʃɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈdɪw.ʃɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈdɛw.ʃo]

Noun

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ܕܒܫܐ (deḇšām (plural ܕܒܫܐ)

  1. honey
    • Peshitta, Luke 24:42:
      ܗܢܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܝܗܒܘ ܠܗ ܡܢܬܐ ܡܢ ܢܘܢܐ ܕܛܘܝܐ. ܘܡܢ ܟܟܪܝܬܐ ܕܕܒܫܐ.
      hennōn dên ya[h]ḇ[w] lēh mənāṯā men nūnā ḏə-ṭāwyā, wə-men kakkārīṯā ḏə-ḏeḇšā.
      And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
  2. wax
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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ܕܒܫܐ (dabbāšā)

  1. absolute singular of ܕܒܫܬܐ

ܕܒܫܐ (dabbāšē)

  1. emphatic plural of ܕܒܫܬܐ

References

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  • dbš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-03
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 58b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 83a
  • 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 273a