ܐܒܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܐ-ܒ-ܠ‎ (ʾ-b-l) related to mourning; compare Hebrew אֵבֶל‎ (ʾḗḇel). The asceticism sense apparently has its root in the destruction of Jerusalem spawning practices of abstinence from thereunto sacrificed victual.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛv.lɑ] (singular)
IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛv.le] (plural)

Noun

ܐܒܠܐ • (ʾeḇlā) m (plural ܐܒܠܐ)

grief, sadness, sorrow
weeping, mourning, lamentation
calamity
asceticism, monkery

Inflection

inflection of ܐܒܠܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܒܠ‎	ܐܒܠܝܢ‎
construct	ܐܒܠ‎	ܐܒܠܝ‎
emphatic	ܐܒܠܐ	ܐܒܠܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܒܠܝ‎	ܐܒܠܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܒܠܟ‎	ܐܒܠܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܒܠܟܝ‎	ܐܒܠܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܒܠܗ‎	ܐܒܠܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܒܠܗ‎	ܐܒܠܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܒܠܢ‎	ܐܒܠܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܒܠܟܘܢ‎	ܐܒܠܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܒܠܟܝܢ‎	ܐܒܠܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܒܠܗܘܢ‎	ܐܒܠܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܒܠܗܝܢ‎	ܐܒܠܝܗܝܢ‎

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛb.(bə.)lɑ], [ʔɛbˈbɑ.lɑ], [ʔabˈbɑ.lɑ]

Noun

ܐܒܠܐ • (ʾebbəlā, ʾebbālā, ʾabbālā)

absolute singular of ܐܒܠܬܐ‎

References

“ˀbl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2008-11-15
Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 2a
Nestle, Eberhard (1902), “Zur syrischen Übersetzung der Kirchengeschichte des Eusebius”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 56, page 562
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2b
Rieger, Paul (1903), “ܐܒܝܠܐ „Der Mönch“”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 57, pages 747–749
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 4b