ܡܥܪܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic מַּערְבָא (maʿrəḇā), from the root Template:aii-root-entry related to the setting of the sun; compare غَرْب (ḡarb) and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (ma'aráv).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma.ʕər.wɑː]
• IPA^(key): [ma.ʔər.vɑː]

Noun

ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ • (maʿrwā) m (uncountable)

1. west, occident (the direction of the setting sun at an equinox)

   ܡܸܢ ܥܸܠܬܵܐ ܕܡܣܝܼܦܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ، ܐܵܫܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ ܥܪܝܼܩ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ ܒܓܲܠܘܼܬܵܐ.

   min ʿiltā d-msīpānutā, āšorāyē ʿriqlhon l-maʿrwā b-galutā

   Because of the genocide, Assyrians have fled to the west in diaspora.

Declension

Inflection of ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܝܼ (maˁrḇī)		ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܲܢ (maˁrḇan)
	construct	ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ (maˁrḇ)	2nd person	ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (maˁrḇūḵ)	ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (maˁrḇāḵ)	ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (maˁrḇāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā)	3rd person	ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܹܗ (maˁrḇēh)	ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܗ̇ (maˁrḇāh)	ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܗܘܿܢ (maˁrḇhōn)

See also

• ܥܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ʿrāwā, “sunset”)

Derived terms

• ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐܝܼܬ (madnḵāʾīt, “westerly”)
• ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (maʿrwāyūtā, “westernness”)
• ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܝܵܐ (maʿrwāyā, “western, occidental”)
• ܡܲܥܪܸܒ݂ (maʿriw, “ to westernise”)
• ܦܵܘܚܵܐ ܕܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (pāwḵā d-madnḵā, “west wind”)

 

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) ܦܸܢܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܫܸܪ̈ܫܵܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (pinyāṯē širšānāyāṯē);

ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (garbē maˁrḇā)	ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā)	ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (garbē maḏnḥā)
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā)		ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā)
ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (tayman maˁrḇā)	ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā)	ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (tayman maḏnḥā)

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܥ-ܪ-ܒ (ʿ-r-b) related to the setting of the sun. Compare Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib), غَرْب (ḡarb) and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (maʿărāḇ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maʕr(ə)vɑ]

Noun

ܡܥܪܒܐ • (maʿrəḇā) c(uncountable)

1. west, occident

   Synonym: ܐܘܪܝܐ

2. sunset, western sky
3. west wind

Antonyms

• ܡܕܢܚܐ

References

• “mˁrb”, 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. 263b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 290a-b
• 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. 804b

Anagrams

• ܡܪܒܥܐ, ܡܥܒܪܐ