ܪܒܝܥܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
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ܪܒܝܥܐ
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܪ ܒ ܥ (r b ʿ) |
| 2 terms |
Compare Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʕ) and Hebrew רְבִיעָה (rəḇîʿâ).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [rviːʕɑː]
- (Urmian) IPA(key): [rviːʔɑː], [rviːjɑː]
Noun
ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ • (rḇīʿā) m (plural ܪ̈ܒ݂ܝܼܥܹܐ (rḇīʿē))
- spring (season when plants bloom and dormant animals spring to life)
- square tabor, tambourine, timbrel
Usage notes
- ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (rḇīʿā) is used mostly in formal settings and technical contexts (as in e.g. * ܫܲܘܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܬܵܐ (šawyutā rḇīʿāytā, “vernal equinox”)) or poetic contexts. In colloquial speech, ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢܝܼܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bēy nīsānē) predominates.
Inflection
Inflection of ܪܒܝܼܥܵܐ (rbīʿā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܪܒܝܼܥܝܼ (rbiʿī) | ܪܒܝܼܥܲܢ (rbīʿan) | ||
| construct | ܪܒܝܼܥ (rbiʿ) | 2nd person | ܪܒܝܼܥܘܼܟ݂ (rbiʿuḵ) | ܪܒܝܼܥܵܟ݂ܝ (rbīʿāḵ) | ܪܒܝܼܥܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rbīʿāwḵon) | ||
| emphatic | ܪܒܝܼܥܵܐ (rbīʿā) | 3rd person | ܪܒܝܼܥܹܗ (rbīʿēh) | ܪܒܝܼܥܘܿܗ̇ (rbiʿoh) | ܪܒܝܼܥܗܘܿܢ (rbiʿhon) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܝܼ (rbiʿī) | ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܲܢ (rbīʿan) | ||
| construct | ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܲܝ (rbīʿay) | 2nd person | ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܘܼܟ݂ (rbiʿuḵ) | ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܵܟ݂ܝ (rbīʿāḵ) | ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rbīʿāwḵon) | ||
| emphatic | ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܹܐ (rbīʿē) | 3rd person | ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܘܗܝ (rbiʿwh) | ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܘܿܗ̇ (rbiʿoh) | ܪ̈ܒܝܼܥܗܘܿܢ (rbiʿhon) | ||
Derived terms
- ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܵܐ (rḇīʿāyā, “springlike, vernal; fourth”)
- ܫܲܘܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܬܵܐ (šawyutā rḇīʿāytā, “vernal equinox”)
See also
(seasons) ܐܸܩܡܹ̈ܐ (iqmē); ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (rḇīʿā) or ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢܝܼ̈ܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bēy nīsānē, “spring”), ܩܲܝܛܵܐ (qayṭā, “summer”), ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܹܐ (tišryāwātē, “autumn”), ܣܸܬܘܵܐ (sitwā, “winter”), (Category: aii:Seasons)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܪ-ܒ-ܥ (r-b-ʿ) related to the number four. Compare Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʿ) and Hebrew רְבִיעָה (rəḇîʿâ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [r(ə)viʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
- IPA(key): [r(ə)viʕe(ʔ)] (plural)
Noun
ܪܒܝܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܒܝܥܐ)
- square tabor, tambourine, timbrel
- early rain, spring rain
- spring (season)
- Synonym: ܬܕܐܐ
Inflection
inflection of ܪܒܝܥܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܪܒܝܥ | ܪܒܝܥܝܢ |
| construct | ܪܒܝܥ | ܪܒܝܥܝ |
| emphatic | ܪܒܝܥܐ | ܪܒܝܥܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܪܒܝܥܝ | ܪܒܝܥܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܪܒܝܥܟ | ܪܒܝܥܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܪܒܝܥܟܝ | ܪܒܝܥܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܪܒܝܥܗ | ܪܒܝܥܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܪܒܝܥܗ | ܪܒܝܥܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܪܒܝܥܢ | ܪܒܝܥܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܪܒܝܥܟܘܢ | ܪܒܝܥܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܪܒܝܥܟܝܢ | ܪܒܝܥܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܪܒܝܥܗܘܢ | ܪܒܝܥܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܪܒܝܥܗܝܢ | ܪܒܝܥܝܗܝܢ |
References
- “rbyˁ”, 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. 336a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 526b
- 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. 1428b