ܠܒܐ

ܠܒܐ

Classical Syriac

ܠܒܐ

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *libb-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛb.bɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈlɪb.bɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛ.bo]

Noun

ܠܒܐ • (lebbā) m (plural ܠܒܐ (lebbē) or ܠܒܘܬܐ‎ (lebbawwāṯā))

1. (anatomy) heart
2. (anatomy, figuratively) stomach, innards, viscera
3. (anatomy, euphemistic) penis
4. center/centre, middle, core
5. (figuratively) mind, soul
6. (botany) pith
7. cake, pie

Inflection

    declension of ܠܒܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܠܒ‎	ܠܒܘܬܐ ,ܠܒܐ
construct	ܠܒ‎	ܠܒܘܬܐ ,ܠܒܐ
emphatic	ܠܒܐ	ܠܒܘܬܐ ,ܠܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܠܒܝ‎	ܠܒܘܬܝ ,ܠܒܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܠܒܟ‎	ܠܒܘܬܟ ,ܠܒܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܠܒܟܝ‎	ܠܒܘܬܟܝ ,ܠܒܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܠܒܗ‎	ܠܒܘܬܗ ,ܠܒܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܠܒܗ‎	ܠܒܘܬܗ ,ܠܒܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our)	ܠܒܢ‎	ܠܒܘܬܢ ,ܠܒܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܠܒܟܘܢ‎	ܠܒܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܠܒܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܠܒܟܝܢ‎	ܠܒܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܠܒܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܠܒܗܘܢ‎	ܠܒܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܠܒܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܠܒܗܝܢ‎	ܠܒܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܠܒܝܗܝܢ‎

Synonyms

• (stomach, viscera): ܓܘܐ‎ (gawwā)
• (middle): ܡܨܥܬܐ‎ (meṣʿəṯā)
• (mind): ܒܠܐ‎ (bālā)
• (soul): ܢܦܫܐ‎ (nap̄šā)
• (cake): ܟܥܟܐ‎ (kaʿkā)

References

• “lb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-02
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 167a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 233b
• 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 666a-b

Anagrams

• ܒܠܐ‎