ܒܒܪܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate to Arabic بَبْر (babr, “tiger”) and cognate to Akkadian 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (barbarum, “wolf”), likely borrowed from Sumerian 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (urbarak, literally “outsider dog”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Uncertain.
Noun
[edit]ܒܒܪܐ • (bbrʾ) m (plural ܒܒܪܐ)
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܒܒܪ | 1st person | ܒܒܪܝ | ܒܒܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܒܒܪ | 2nd person | ܒܒܪܟ | ܒܒܪܟܝ | ܒܒܪܟܘܢ | ܒܒܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܒܒܪܐ | 3rd person | ܒܒܪܗ | ܒܒܪܗ | ܒܒܪܗܘܢ | ܒܒܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܒܒܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܒܒܪܝ | ܒܒܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܒܒܪܝ | 2nd person | ܒܒܪܝܟ | ܒܒܪܝܟܝ | ܒܒܪܝܟܘܢ | ܒܒܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܒܒܪܐ | 3rd person | ܒܒܪܘܗܝ | ܒܒܪܝܗ | ܒܒܪܝܗܘܢ | ܒܒܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
[edit]- “bbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 34b
- 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, →ISBN, page 116b