ܕܒܐ

See also: ܪܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *dubb- (“bear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛb.bɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪb.bɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈde.bo]

Noun

ܕܒܐ • (debbā) c (plural ܕܒܐ (debbē))

1. bear
   • Peshitta, 2 Kings 2:24:

     ܘܢܦܩ ܬܪܬܝܢ ܕ̈ܒܝܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܒܐ: ܘܦܪܬ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܐܪܒܥܝܢ ܘܬܪܝܢ ܛܠܝ̈ܝܢ.

     wa-nəp̄aq tartēn debbīn men ʿāḇā, wə-p̄arreṯ menhōn ʾarbəʿīn wa-ṯərēn ṭəlāyīn.

     And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

Inflection

    inflection of ܕܒܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܕܒ	ܕܒܝܢ
construct	ܕܒ	ܕܒܝ
emphatic	ܕܒܐ	ܕܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܕܒܝ	ܕܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܕܒܟ	ܕܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܕܒܟܝ	ܕܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܕܒܗ	ܕܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܕܒܗ	ܕܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܕܒܢ	ܕܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܕܒܟܘܢ	ܕܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܕܒܟܝܢ	ܕܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܕܒܗܘܢ	ܕܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܕܒܗܝܢ	ܕܒܝܗܝܢ

References

• “db”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-02
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 57a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 81b
• 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 268b