ܥܩܪܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic عَقْرَب (ʿaqrab) and Hebrew עַקְרָב (ʿaqrāḇ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕɛqqarbɑ(ʔ)], [ʕ(ə)qarbɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕɛqqarbe(ʔ)], [ʕ(ə)qarbe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܩܪܒܐ • (‘eqarbā) f (plural ܥܩܪܒܐ)

1. scorpion
2. war machine

Inflection

    inflection of ܥܩܪܒܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܥܩܪܒ	ܥܩܪܒܝܢ
construct	ܥܩܪܒ	ܥܩܪܒܝ
emphatic	ܥܩܪܒܐ	ܥܩܪܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܥܩܪܒܝ	ܥܩܪܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܥܩܪܒܟ	ܥܩܪܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܥܩܪܒܟܝ	ܥܩܪܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܥܩܪܒܗ	ܥܩܪܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܥܩܪܒܗ	ܥܩܪܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܥܩܪܒܢ	ܥܩܪܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܥܩܪܒܟܘܢ	ܥܩܪܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܥܩܪܒܟܝܢ	ܥܩܪܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܥܩܪܒܗܘܢ	ܥܩܪܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܥܩܪܒܗܝܢ	ܥܩܪܒܝܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܥܩܪܒܐ • (‘eqarbā) f

1. (astrology, astronomy) Scorpio (constellation and zodiac sign)

References

• “ˁqrb”, 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. 262b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 426a
• 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. 1133a