ܐܒܠܐ
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Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From the root ܐ-ܒ-ܠ (ʾ-b-l) related to mourning; compare Hebrew אֵבֶל (ʾḗḇel). The asceticism sense apparently has its root in the destruction of Jerusalem spawning practices of abstinence from thereunto sacrificed victual.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܐܒܠܐ • (ʾeḇlā) m (plural ܐܒܠܐ)
Inflection
[edit] inflection of ܐܒܠܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܐܒܠ | ܐܒܠܝܢ |
| construct | ܐܒܠ | ܐܒܠܝ |
| emphatic | ܐܒܠܐ | ܐܒܠܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܐܒܠܝ | ܐܒܠܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܐܒܠܟ | ܐܒܠܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܐܒܠܟܝ | ܐܒܠܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܐܒܠܗ | ܐܒܠܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܐܒܠܗ | ܐܒܠܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܐܒܠܢ | ܐܒܠܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܐܒܠܟܘܢ | ܐܒܠܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܐܒܠܟܝܢ | ܐܒܠܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܐܒܠܗܘܢ | ܐܒܠܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܐܒܠܗܝܢ | ܐܒܠܝܗܝܢ |
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܐܒܠܐ • (ʾebbəlā, ʾebbālā, ʾabbālā)
References
[edit]- “ˀbl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2008-11-15
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 2a
- Nestle, Eberhard (1902) “Zur syrischen Übersetzung der Kirchengeschichte des Eusebius”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 56, page 562
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2b
- Rieger, Paul (1903) “ܐܒܝܠܐ „Der Mönch“”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 57, pages 747–749
- 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 4b