ܛܒܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic ظَبْيَة (ẓabya(t)) and Hebrew צְבִיָּה (ṣəḇiyyâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tˤ(ə)viθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tˤavjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܛܒܝܬܐ • (ṭəḇīṯāʾ) f (plural ܛܒܝܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܛܒܝܐ)

1. gazelle
2. roe, deer, hind

Inflection

    declension of ܛܒܝܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܛܒܝܐ	ܛܒܝܢ
construct	ܛܒܝܬ	ܛܒܝܬ
emphatic	ܛܒܝܬܐ	ܛܒܝܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܛܒܝܬܝ	ܛܒܝܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܛܒܝܬܟ	ܛܒܝܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܛܒܝܬܟܝ	ܛܒܝܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܛܒܝܬܗ	ܛܒܝܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܛܒܝܬܗ	ܛܒܝܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܛܒܝܬܢ	ܛܒܝܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܛܒܝܬܟܘܢ	ܛܒܝܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܛܒܝܬܟܝܢ	ܛܒܝܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܛܒܝܬܗܘܢ	ܛܒܝܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܛܒܝܬܗܝܢ	ܛܒܝܬܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܛܒܝܬܐ • (Ṭəḇīṯāʾ) f

1. Tabitha, Dorcas (Biblical figure)
2. a female given name

References

• “ṭby”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-28
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 122a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 166a
• 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. 509b