ܪܒܝ

ܪܒܝ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܪܲܒܵܐ‎ (rabbā)

Etymology

From Aramaic רַבִּי‎ (rabbī), from Proto-Semitic *rabb-. Equivalent to ܪܲܒܵܐ‎ (rābba, “master”) +‎ -ܝܼ‎ (-ī, “my”), literally “my master”

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [rab.biː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [raːbiː]

Noun

ܪܲܒܝܼ or ܪܵܒܝܼ (rabbī or rābī) m (feminine ܪܲܒܝܼܬܵܐ‎ (rabbītā), plural ܪ̈ܲܒ݂ܝܼܹܐ‎ (rabbīyē))

1. professor, teacher: a university academic of the highest rank; the holder of a university chair.

   ‏ܚܲܪܬܵܐ ܦܝܼܫ ܠܹܗ ܪܲܒܝܼ ܕܡܡܲܠܠܘܼܬ ܟܝܵܢܵܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܓܵܘ ܒܹܝܬ ܨܵܘܒܹ̈ܐ ܕܫܸܟܵܓܘܿ.‎‎

   ḥartā pīšlēh rabbī d-mmallut kyānāyātē gāw bēt ṣāwbē d-šikāgo.

   He then became a professor of physics at the University of Chicago.

2. rabbi, spiritual teacher: a Jewish scholar or teacher, especially one who studies or teaches Jewish law.

   ‏ܗ̇ܘ ܝܠܹܗ ܪܲܒܝܼ ܕܠܲܒܸܠ ܠܕܟܢܘܼܫܬܵܐ.‎‎

   āwa īlēh rabbī d-labil l-knuštā.

   He is the rabbi that leads at the synagogue.

Declension

Inflection of ܪܲܒܝܼ
Singular base form						ܪܲܒܝܼ
Plural base form						ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܹܐ‎
Number		Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
			m	f
Singular	1st person		ܪܲܒܝܼ		ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼ
	2nd person		ܪܲܒܝܼܘܼܟ݂‎	ܪܲܒܝܼܵܟ݂ܝ‎	ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܘܼܟ݂‎	ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܵܟ݂ܝ‎
	3rd person		ܪܲܒܝܼܹܗ‎	ܪܲܒܝܼܘܿܗ̇‎	ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܹܗ‎	ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܘܿܗ̇‎
Plural	1st person		ܪܲܒܝܼܲܢ‎		ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܲܢ‎
	2nd person		ܪܲܒܝܼܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ‎		ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ‎
	3rd person		ܪܲܒܝܼܗܘܿܢ‎		ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܗܘܿܢ‎

References

• “ܪܒܝ”, in Sureth Dictionary‎, Association Assyrophile de France, accessed 2022-06-10
• “ܪܒܝ”, in Sureth Dictionary‎, Association Assyrophile de France, accessed 2022-06-10