ܢܒܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Feminine form of ܢܒܝܐ‎ (n(ə)ḇījā(ʾ), “prophet”), from Hebrew נָבִיא‎ (nāḇîʾ). Compare Arabic نُبُوَّة‎ (nubuwwa) and Hebrew נְבִיאָה‎ (nəḇîʾâ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [n(ə)viθɑ] (singular)
IPA^(key): [n(ə)vijɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܢܒܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܢܒܝܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܢܒܝܐ‎)

prophetess
prophet's wife
interpreter
speaker, spokeswoman

Inflection

declension of ܢܒܝܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܒܝܐ	ܢܒܝܢ
construct	ܢܒܝܬ	ܢܒܝܬ
emphatic	ܢܒܝܬܐ	ܢܒܝܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܒܝܬܝ	ܢܒܝܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܒܝܬܟ	ܢܒܝܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܒܝܬܟܝ	ܢܒܝܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܒܝܬܗ	ܢܒܝܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܒܝܬܗ	ܢܒܝܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܒܝܬܢ	ܢܒܝܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܒܝܬܟܘܢ	ܢܒܝܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܒܝܬܟܝܢ	ܢܒܝܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܒܝܬܗܘܢ	ܢܒܝܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܒܝܬܗܝܢ	ܢܒܝܬܗܝܢ

References

“nbyh”, 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. 195a
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 326a
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. 884b