ܥܒܕܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic[edit]

Root
ܥ ܒ ܕ (ˁ b d)
3 terms

Etymology 1[edit]

A Central Semitic innovation, cognate with Hebrew עֶבֶד ('éved), Phoenician 𐤏𐤁𐤃 (ʿbd), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎁𐎄 (ʿbd), Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd) and Minaean 𐩲𐩨𐩵 (ʿbd).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʕawdaː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ʔavdaː], [ʔoːdaː]

Noun[edit]

ܥܲܒ݂ܕܵܐ (ˁaḇdām (plural ܥܲܒ݂̈ܕܹܐ (ˁaḇdē), feminine ܐܸܡܬ݂ܵܐ (imṯā))

  1. servant, slave, bondsman
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Proper noun[edit]

ܥܲܒ݂ܕܵܐ (ˁaḇdām

  1. a male given name
  2. a surname transferred from the given name
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verbal noun of ܥܵܒ݂ܹܕ݂ (ˁāḇēḏ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʕəˈwɑːðɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [vɑːdɑː]

Noun[edit]

ܥܒ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܐ (ˁḇāḏām sg (plural ܥܒ݂ܵܕ݂ܹ̈ܐ (ˁḇāḏē))

  1. labour/labor, work, toil, exertion
  2. making, forming, building, creating
  3. construction, creation
  4. deed, action, operation, production
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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Belonging to the root ܥ-ܒ-ܕ (ʿ-b-d) related to working. A Central Semitic innovation, cognate with Hebrew עֶבֶד (ʿéḇeḏ), Phoenician 𐤏𐤁𐤃 (ʿbd), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎁𐎄 (ʿbd), Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd), Minaean 𐩲𐩨𐩵 (ʿbd).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈʕav.dɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ˈʕav.de] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܥܒܕܐ (ʿaḇdām (plural ܥܒܕܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܡܬܐ)

  1. servant, slave, bondsman
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Proper noun[edit]

ܥܒܕܐ (ʿaḇdām

  1. a male given name

Etymology 2[edit]

From the root ܥ-ܒ-ܕ (ʿ-b-d) related to working; see Etymology 1 for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə.)ˈvɑ.ðɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə.)ˈvɑ.ðe] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܥܒܕܐ (ʿəḇāḏām (plural ܥܒܕܐ)

  1. labour/labor, work, toil, exertion
  2. making, forming, building, creating
  3. construction, creation
  4. deed, action, operation, production
  5. preparation
  6. employment, occupation, business
  7. substance, thing, affair
  8. creature
  9. wealth, estate, possessions, goods
  10. baggage, cargo
  11. (grammar) predicate; active voice
  12. administration
  13. office, function
  14. province
  15. reality
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References[edit]

  • ˁbd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-12-03
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 241b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 397a-b
  • 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. 1060a-b