ܥܘܩܒܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Hebrew עַכְבָּר (ʿaḵbār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕuqb(ə)rɑ(ʔ)]
• IPA^(key): [ʕuqb(ə)re(ʔ)], [ʕuqavre(ʔ)], [ʕuqɛvre(ʔ)]

Noun

ܥܘܩܒܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܘܩܒܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܥܘܩܒܪܬܐ)

1. mouse, field mouse, rat, jerboa
2. maggot
3. kind of sore

Usage notes

While the word is normally considered masculine, it may occasionally be feminine when specifically referring to a female.

Inflection

    inflection of ܥܘܩܒܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܥܘܩܒܪ	ܥܘܩܒܪܝܢ
construct	ܥܘܩܒܪ	ܥܘܩܒܪܝ
emphatic	ܥܘܩܒܪܐ	ܥܘܩܒܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܥܘܩܒܪܝ	ܥܘܩܒܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܥܘܩܒܪܟ	ܥܘܩܒܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܥܘܩܒܪܟܝ	ܥܘܩܒܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܥܘܩܒܪܗ	ܥܘܩܒܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܥܘܩܒܪܗ	ܥܘܩܒܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܥܘܩܒܪܢ	ܥܘܩܒܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܥܘܩܒܪܟܘܢ	ܥܘܩܒܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܥܘܩܒܪܟܝܢ	ܥܘܩܒܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܥܘܩܒܪܗܘܢ	ܥܘܩܒܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܥܘܩܒܪܗܝܢ	ܥܘܩܒܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ˁwqbr”, 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. 248b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 407a
• 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. 1085a