ܪܒܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܪ-ܒ-ܐ (r-b-ʾ) related to increasing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [r(ə)vɑjɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܪܒܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

1. (finance) interest

Inflection

    declension of ܪܒܝܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܪܒܝ
construct	ܪܒܝ
emphatic	ܪܒܝܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܪܒܝܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܪܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܪܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܪܒܝܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܪܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܪܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܪܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܪܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܪܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܪܒܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܪ-ܒ-ܐ (r-b-ʾ) related to increasing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rabbɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [rabbɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܒܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܒܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܪܒܝܬܐ)

1. usurer

Inflection

    inflection of ܪܒܝܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܪܒܝ	ܪܒܝܝܢ
construct	ܪܒܝ	ܪܒܝܝ
emphatic	ܪܒܝܐ	ܪܒܝܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܪܒܝܝ	ܪܒܝܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܪܒܝܟ	ܪܒܝܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܪܒܝܟܝ	ܪܒܝܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܪܒܝܗ	ܪܒܝܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܪܒܝܗ	ܪܒܝܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܪܒܝܢ	ܪܒܝܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܪܒܝܟܘܢ	ܪܒܝܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܪܒܝܟܝܢ	ܪܒܝܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܪܒܝܗܘܢ	ܪܒܝܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܪܒܝܗܝܢ	ܪܒܝܝܗܝܢ

References

• “rby”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 526a
• 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. 1428a