ܡܚܫܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܫ-ܒ (IPA: /ħ-ʃ-b/) related to thinking. Compare Arabic مُحَاسَبَة (muḥāsaba(t)) and Hebrew מַחְשָׁבָה (maḥšāḇâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [maħʃavtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA: [maħʃ(ə)vɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܚܫܒܬܐ f (emphatic plural ܡܚܒܫܬܐ)

1. thought, idea
2. care, consideration
3. reasoning, intention, purpose

Inflection

    declension of ܡܚܫܒܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܚܒܫܐ	ܡܚܒܫܢ
construct	ܡܚܒܫܬ	ܡܚܒܫܬ
emphatic	ܡܚܒܫܬܐ	ܡܚܒܫܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܚܒܫܬܝ	ܡܚܒܫܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܚܒܫܬܟ	ܡܚܒܫܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܝ	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܚܒܫܬܗ	ܡܚܒܫܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܚܒܫܬܗ	ܡܚܒܫܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܚܒܫܬܢ	ܡܚܒܫܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܘܢ	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܝܢ	ܡܚܒܫܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܚܒܫܬܗܘܢ	ܡܚܒܫܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܚܒܫܬܗܝܢ	ܡܚܒܫܬܗܝܢ

References

• "mx$bh" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
• Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 118b
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 265b
• Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 743b