ܛܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܛ ܘ ܒ (ṭ w b)
7 terms

From Aramaic טָבָא (ṭāḇā), from Proto-Semitic *ṭāb-; compare Arabic طَيِّب (ṭayyib), Hebrew טוֹב (tov) and Akkadian 𒄭 (ṭābum, pleasant).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [tˤɑːwɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [tˤɑːvɑː]

Adjective

ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (ṭāḇā) (feminine ܛܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (ṭāḇtā), plural ܛܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (ṭāḇē))

  1. good, pleasant, well
    • Genesis 1:31:
      ܘܚܙܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܠܟܠ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ ܠܹܗ، ܘܗܵܐ، ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܪܵܒܵܐ. ܘܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܘܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܨܲܦܪܵܐ، ܝܵܘܡܵܐ ܕܐܸܫܬܵܐ.
      w-ḥzē lēh allāhā l-kul d-ˁḇīd lēh, w-hā, ṭāḇā ìwā rābā. w-wē lēh ramšā w-wē lēh ṣaprā, yāwmā d-ištā.
      Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
    Synonym: ܨܦܵܝܝܼ (ṣpāyī)
    Antonym: ܚܸܪܒܵܐ (ḥirbā)
  2. valuable, precious, excellent, honourable
  3. kind, gracious, benevolent, beneficent, favourable

Interjection

ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (ṭāḇā)

  1. ok, right, good

Etymology 2

Related to the above.

Root
ܛ ܘ ܒ (ṭ w b)
7 terms

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [tˤaːweː]

Verb

ܛܵܒ݂ܹܐ • (ṭāḇē) (present participle ܛܒ݂ܵܝܵܐ (ṭḇāyā), past participle ܛܸܒ݂ܝܵܐ (ṭiḇyā))

  1. to have worth, value, be worthy or suitable
    ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܹܝܬ ܠܡܸܢܕܝܼ!lā kē ṭāḇēt l-mindī!You are worthless! (literally, “You don’t have worth for anything!”)
    ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܝܵܐlā kē ṭāḇyāIt’s not worth it; It’s not necessary. (literally, “It doesn’t have worth.”)
    ܐܲܢ ܠܒ݂ܘܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܝܼܢ݇, ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܲܚ ܠܲܢ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܚܠܝܼܡܹ̈ܐ
    an lḇūšē lā kē ṭāḇī, kē bāˁaḥ lan yatīr ḥlīmē
    These clothes are not suitable, we need thicker clothes.
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Root
ܛ ܒ ܒ (ṭ b b)
2 terms

From Aramaic טֵבָּא (ṭebbā)

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [tˤib.bɑː]

Noun

ܛܸܒܵܐ • (ṭibbā) m (plural ܛܸܒܹ̈ܐ (ṭibbē))

  1. (in the plural) news, tidings
  2. report, message, knowledge
  3. rumor/rumour, saying, story
  4. (grammar) predicate
Inflection

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܛ-ܘ-ܒ (ṭ-w-b) related to being good, the adjective being from Proto-Semitic *ṭāb-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tˤɑvɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tˤɑve] (plural)

Adjective

ܛܒܐ • (ṭāḇā) m (plural ܛܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܛܒܬܐ)

  1. good, pleasant
  2. valuable, precious
  3. excellent, honourable
  4. useful
  5. equivalent
  6. strong
  7. happy, joyful
  8. beautiful
  9. kind, gracious, benevolent, beneficent, favourable
  10. (botany) cultivated
Inflection

Noun

ܛܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܛܒܐ)

  1. good, goodness, excellence
  2. virtue, benefit
  3. kindness, benevolence
  4. prosperity
  5. (in the plural) notable persons
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܛ-ܒ-ܒ (ṭ-b-b) related to informing. The sense of "predicate" is a calque of Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tˤɛbbɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tˤɛbbe] (plural)

Noun

ܛܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܛܒܐ)

  1. message, report, news, tidings, knowledge
  2. rumor/rumour, saying, story
  3. fame
  4. thing, affair
  5. (grammar) predicate
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tˤ(ə)ve]

Noun

ܛܒܐ • (transliteration needed)

  1. absolute singular of ܛܒܝܐ
  2. construct state singular of ܛܒܝܐ

References

  • ṭb”, 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, page 121b-123a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 165a-166a
  • 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 507b-508a
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