ܫܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic السَّبْت (as-sabt) and Hebrew שַׁבָּת (šabbāṯ).

Alternative forms

• ܫܘܒܬܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃabb(ə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܒܬܐ • (šabbəṯā) f (plural ܫܒܐ)

1. Sabbath, Saturday
2. week

Inflection

    declension of ܫܒܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܒܐ	ܫܒܝܢ
construct	ܫܒܬ	ܫܒܝ
emphatic	ܫܒܬܐ	ܫܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܒܬܝ	ܫܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܒܬܟ	ܫܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܒܬܟܝ	ܫܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܒܬܗ	ܫܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܒܬܗ	ܫܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܒܬܢ	ܫܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܒܬܟܘܢ	ܫܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܒܬܟܝܢ	ܫܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܒܬܗܘܢ	ܫܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܒܬܗܝܢ	ܫܒܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• (week): ܫܒܘܥܐ

Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒅆𒂍𒌈 (/⁠šibittu⁠/); cognate to Persian شوید (ševid), Hebrew שֶׁבֶת (šéḇeṯ), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic שִׁיבְתָא (šiḇəṯā). Arabic شِبِثّ (šibiṯṯ) comes via Aramaic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)vɛttɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܒܬܐ • (šəḇettā) f(uncountable)

1. dill

References

• “šbh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “šbt”, 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, pages 356a, 358b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 558a
• 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, page 1507a