ܐܪܒܥܒܫܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܪ ܒ ܥ (r b ˁ)
7 terms

Etymology

From ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ (arbˁā, “four, fourth”) +‎ ܒ- (b-, “in”) +‎ ܫܲܒܵܐ (šabbā, “week”); compare Arabic الْأَرْبِعَاء (al-ʔarbiʕāʔ) and Hebrew יוֹם רְבִיעִי (yom revi’í).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [arb.ʕoːʃab.bɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ar.boːʃeːbɑː]
• (Tyari) IPA^(key): [arb.ʕɑwːʃɑːbɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ar.pˤoːʃi.bɑː]

Proper noun

ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ or ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܹܒܵܐ • (arbˁāḇšabbā or arbˁāḇšēbā) m

1. Wednesday (fourth day of the week)

Coordinate terms

(days of the week) ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (yāwmānē d-šāḇōˁā); ܚܲܕ݇ܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (ḥaḇšabbā), ܬܪܹܝܢ݇ܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (trēḇšabbā), ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (tlāṯāḇšabbā), ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (arbˁāḇšabbā), ܚܲܡܫܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (ḥamšāḇšabbā), ܥܪܘܼܒ݂ܬܵܐ (ˁruḇtā), ܫܲܒܬ݂ܵܐ (šabṯā) ^{(Category: aii:Days of the week)}

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܪܒܥܐ ܒܫܒܐ
• ܐܪܒܥ ܒܫܒܐ

Etymology

From ܐܪܒܥܐ (ʾarb(ə)ʿā(ʾ), “four, fourth”) + ܒ- (b(ə)-, “in”) + ܫܒܐ (šabbā(ʾ)), absolute singular form of ܫܒܬܐ (šabb(ə)ṯā(ʾ), “Saturday, week”). Compare Arabic الأرْبَعَاء (al-ʔarbaʕāʔ) and Hebrew יוֹם רְבִיעִי (yôm rəḇîʿî).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔarbaʕb(ə)ʃabbɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔarbaʕb(ə)ʃabbe(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܐܪܒܥܒܫܒܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܪܒܥܒܫܒܐ)

1. Wednesday

Synonyms

• ܝܘܡܐ ܕܐܪܒܥܐ

References

• “ˀrbˁ**bšbˀ”, 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. 335b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 27b
• 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. 94a-b