ܠܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܠܒܢܬܐ (ləḇentā) (uncontracted form)

Etymology

From the earlier uncontracted form ܠܒܢܬܐ (ləḇentā); compare Akkadian 𒋞 (libittu [SIG₄]), Arabic لَبِنَة (labina), Hebrew לְבֵנָה (ləḇēnâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l(ə.)ˈvɛt.tɑ]

Noun

ܠܒܬܐ • (ləḇettā) f (plural ܠܒܢܐ)

1. brick, adobe
2. plate, ingot

Inflection

    declension of ܠܒܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܠܒܢܐ	ܠܒܢܝܢ
construct	ܠܒܢܬ	ܠܒܢܝ
emphatic	ܠܒܬܐ	ܠܒܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܠܒܬܝ	ܠܒܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܠܒܬܟ	ܠܒܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܠܒܬܟܝ	ܠܒܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܠܒܬܗ	ܠܒܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܠܒܬܗ	ܠܒܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܠܒܬܢ	ܠܒܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܠܒܬܟܘܢ	ܠܒܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܠܒܬܟܝܢ	ܠܒܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܠܒܬܗܘܢ	ܠܒܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܠܒܬܗܝܢ	ܠܒܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “lbnh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-03
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 168a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 235a
• 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 672b