ܠܒܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܠ-ܒ-ܫ (l-b-š) related to clothing; compare Arabic لِبَاس (libās), Hebrew לְבוּשׁ (ləḇûš).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [l(ə.)ˈvɑ.ʃɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈlwɑ.ʃɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈlwo.ʃo], [ˈlbo.ʃo]

Noun

ܠܒܫܐ • (ləḇāšā) m (plural ܠܒܫܐ (ləḇāšē))

1. wearing
2. garment, clothing
   • Peshitta, Matthew 24:18:

     ܘܐܝܢܐ ܕܒܚܩܠܐ ܗܘ: ܠܐ ܢܬܗܦܟ ܠܒܣܬܪܗ ܠܡܣܒ ܠܒܫܗ.

     wə-ʾaynā ḏa-ḇə-ḥaqlā [h]ū, lā neṯhəp̄eḵ lə-ḇestərēh lə-messaḇ ləḇāšēh.

     Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

Inflection

    inflection of ܠܒܫܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܠܒܫ	ܠܒܫܝܢ
construct	ܠܒܫ	ܠܒܫܝ
emphatic	ܠܒܫܐ	ܠܒܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܠܒܫܝ	ܠܒܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܠܒܫܟ	ܠܒܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܠܒܫܟܝ	ܠܒܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܠܒܫܗ	ܠܒܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܠܒܫܗ	ܠܒܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܠܒܫܢ	ܠܒܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܠܒܫܟܘܢ	ܠܒܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܠܒܫܟܝܢ	ܠܒܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܠܒܫܗܘܢ	ܠܒܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܠܒܫܗܝܢ	ܠܒܫܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܠ-ܒ-ܫ (l-b-š) related to clothing; compare Arabic لَبَّاس (labbās).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [labˈbɑ.ʃɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [labˈbɑ.ʃɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [lɑˈbo.ʃo]

Adjective

ܠܒܫܐ • (labbāšā) m (plural ܠܒܫܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܠܒܫܬܐ)

1. armed, armoured, mailed, breastplated, cuirassed

Inflection

    declension of ܠܒܫܐ

masculine	singular	plural
absolute	ܠܒܫ	ܠܒܫܝܢ
construct	ܠܒܫ	ܠܒܫܝ
emphatic	ܠܒܫܐ	ܠܒܫܐ
feminine	singular	plural
absolute	ܠܒܫܐ	ܠܒܫܢ
construct	ܠܒܫܬ	ܠܒܫܬ
emphatic	ܠܒܫܬܐ	ܠܒܫܬܐ

Noun

ܠܒܫܐ • (labbāšā) m (plural ܠܒܫܐ (labbāšē))

1. (military) armed soldier

Inflection

    inflection of ܠܒܫܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܠܒܫ	ܠܒܫܝܢ
construct	ܠܒܫ	ܠܒܫܝ
emphatic	ܠܒܫܐ	ܠܒܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܠܒܫܝ	ܠܒܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܠܒܫܟ	ܠܒܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܠܒܫܟܝ	ܠܒܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܠܒܫܗ	ܠܒܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܠܒܫܗ	ܠܒܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܠܒܫܢ	ܠܒܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܠܒܫܟܘܢ	ܠܒܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܠܒܫܟܝܢ	ܠܒܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܠܒܫܗܘܢ	ܠܒܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܠܒܫܗܝܢ	ܠܒܫܝܗܝܢ

References

• “lbš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-01-15
• “lbš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-19
• 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-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, page 672a