ܙܒܢܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

A loanword from an indeterminate source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zavnɑ(ʔ)] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "singular" is not valid. See WT:LOL.
  • IPA(key): [zavne(ʔ)] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "plural" is not valid. See WT:LOL.

Noun

ܙܒܢܐ (zaḇnāc (plural ܙܒܢܐ)

  1. time
  2. temporality, ephemerality
  3. caducity, fragility
  4. epoch, era, age
  5. occasion, moment, instance
  6. season
  7. (grammar) tense
Usage notes

Usually, the sense of "moment" or "instance" is feminine while all other senses are masculine.

Inflection
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Etymology 2

From the root ܙ-ܒ-ܢ (z-b-n) related to purchasing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [z(ə)vɑnɑ(ʔ)], [zɛvnɑ(ʔ)] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "singular" is not valid. See WT:LOL.
  • IPA(key): [z(ə)vɑne(ʔ)], [zɛvne(ʔ)] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "plural" is not valid. See WT:LOL.

Noun

ܙܒܢܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܙܒܢܐ)

  1. purchasing, purchase
  2. merchandise
Inflection
See also

References

  • zbn”, 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. 83b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 109b-110a
  • 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. 363a-b