ܡܥܒܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܥ-ܒ-ܪ (ʿ-b-r) related to crossing. Compare Hebrew מַעְבָּרָה (maʿbārâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maʕbartɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maʕb(ə)rɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܥܒܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܥܒܪܬܐ)

  1. way, pass, passage, crossing
  2. ford
  3. (geography) strait, canal, duct
  4. (nautical) ferry, punt
  5. (architecture) vestibule
  6. territory, enclosed land
  7. intercourse, conversation
  8. (figuratively) commentator, expounder of doctrine
  9. (medicine) undigested food in stool

Inflection

References

  • mˁbrh”, 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. 243a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 288a
  • 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. 798b
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