ܥܒܕܐ

See also: ܥܒܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܥ-ܒ-ܕ (ʿ-b-d) related to working, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Semitic *ʿabd-; compare Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd), Hebrew עֶבֶד (ʿéḇeḏ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʕav.dɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈʕav.de] (plural)

Noun

ܥܒܕܐ • (ʿaḇdā) m (plural ܥܒܕܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܡܬܐ)

1. servant, slave, bondsman

Inflection

    inflection of ܥܒܕܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܥܒܕ	ܥܒܕܝܢ
construct	ܥܒܕ	ܥܒܕܝ
emphatic	ܥܒܕܐ	ܥܒܕܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܥܒܕܝ	ܥܒܕܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܥܒܕܟ	ܥܒܕܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܥܒܕܟܝ	ܥܒܕܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܥܒܕܗ	ܥܒܕܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܥܒܕܗ	ܥܒܕܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܥܒܕܢ	ܥܒܕܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܥܒܕܟܘܢ	ܥܒܕܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܥܒܕܟܝܢ	ܥܒܕܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܥܒܕܗܘܢ	ܥܒܕܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܥܒܕܗܝܢ	ܥܒܕܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܥ-ܒ-ܕ (ʿ-b-d) related to working, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Semitic *ʿabd-. Compare Arabic عِبَاد (ʕibād) and Hebrew עִבּוּד (ʿibbûḏ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə.)ˈvɑ.ðɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə.)ˈvɑ.ðe] (plural)

Noun

ܥܒܕܐ • (ʿəḇāḏā) m (plural ܥܒܕܐ)

1. labour/labor, work, toil, exertion
2. making, forming, building, creating
3. construction, creation
4. deed, action, operation, production
5. preparation
6. employment, occupation, business
7. substance, thing, affair
8. creature
9. wealth, estate, possessions, goods
10. baggage, cargo
11. (grammar) predicate; active voice
12. administration
13. office, function
14. province
15. reality

Inflection

    inflection of ܥܒܕܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܥܒܕ	ܥܒܕܝܢ
construct	ܥܒܕ	ܥܒܕܝ
emphatic	ܥܒܕܐ	ܥܒܕܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܥܒܕܝ	ܥܒܕܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܥܒܕܟ	ܥܒܕܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܥܒܕܟܝ	ܥܒܕܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܥܒܕܗ	ܥܒܕܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܥܒܕܗ	ܥܒܕܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܥܒܕܢ	ܥܒܕܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܥܒܕܟܘܢ	ܥܒܕܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܥܒܕܟܝܢ	ܥܒܕܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܥܒܕܗܘܢ	ܥܒܕܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܥܒܕܗܝܢ	ܥܒܕܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ˁbd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-12-03
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 241b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 397a-b
• 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. 1060a-b