ܐܪܒܥܒܫܒܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Alternative forms
- ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܹܒܵܐ (arbʿāḇšēbā) (Urmian)
Etymology
From ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ (ārbʿa, “four, fourth”) + ܒ- (-b, “in”) + ܫܵܒܵܐ (šaba, “week”); compare Arabic الْأَرْبِعَاء (al-ʾarbiʿāʾ) and Hebrew יוֹם רְבִיעִי (yom revi’í).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [arb.ʕoːʃɑːbɑː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ar.boːʃeːbɑː]
- (Tyari) IPA(key): [arb.ʕɑwːʃɑːbɑː]
- (Urmian) IPA(key): [ar.poːʃi.bɑː]
Proper noun
ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܵܒܵܐ • (ārbʿawšaba) m (plural ܐܲܪ̈ܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܵܒܹܐ (ārbʿawšabe))
- Wednesday: the fourth day of the week following Tuesday and proceeding Thursday.
See also
- ܝܵܘܡܵܐ (yawma, “day”)
- ܫܲܒ݂ܘܼܥܵܐ (šāwuʿa, “week”)
(days of the week) ܝܘܵܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܫܲܒ݂ܘܼܥܵܐ (yāwmānē d-šaḇuʿā); ܚܲܕ݇ܒ݂ܫܵܒܵܐ (ḥaḇšābā), ܬܪܹܝܢ݇ܒ݂ܫܵܒܵܐ (trēḇšābā), ܬܠܵܬܵܒ݂ܫܵܒܵܐ (tlātāḇšābā), ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܵܒܵܐ (arbʿāḇšābā), ܚܲܡܫܵܒ݂ܫܵܒܵܐ (ḥamšāḇšābā), ܥܪܘܼܒ݂ܬܵܐ (ʿruḇtā), ܫܲܒܬܵܐ (šabtā) (Category: aii:Days of the week)
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܐܪܒܥܐ ܒܫܒܐ
- ܐܪܒܥ ܒܫܒܐ
Etymology
From ܐܪܒܥܐ (ʾarb(ə)ʿā(ʾ), “four, fourth”) + ܒ- (b(ə)-, “in”) + ܫܒܐ (šabbā(ʾ)), absolute singular form of ܫܒܬܐ (šabb(ə)ṯā(ʾ), “Saturday, week”). Compare Arabic الأرْبَعَاء (al-ʾarbaʿāʾ) and Hebrew יוֹם רְבִיעִי (yôm rəḇîʿî).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔarbaʕb(ə)ʃabbɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʔarbaʕb(ə)ʃabbe(ʔ)] (plural)
Noun
ܐܪܒܥܒܫܒܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܪܒܥܒܫܒܐ)
- Wednesday
Synonyms
- ܝܘܡܐ ܕܐܪܒܥܐ
References
- “ˀrbˁ**bšbˀ”, 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. 335b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 27b
- 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. 94a-b