ܕܒܫܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܕ ܒ ܫ (d b š)
5 terms

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *dibš-

Aramaic דבשא (dibšā)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܕܸܒ݂ܫܵܐ

Inherited from Aramaic דבשא (dibšā).

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA^(key): [dɪwʃaː]

Noun

ܕܸܒ݂ܫܵܐ • (diḇšā) m

(uncountable) honey

Inflection

Inflection of **ܕܸܒ݂ܫܵܐ**
number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
	state	form	person	m	f	plural
singular	absolute	ܕܒ݂ܸܫ (dḇiš)	1^st person	ܕܸܒ݂ܫܝܼ (diḇšī)		ܕܸܒ݂ܫܲܢ (diḇšan)
	construct	ܕܒ݂ܸܫ (dḇiš)	2^nd person	ܕܸܒ݂ܫܘܼܟ݂ (diḇšōḵ)	ܕܸܒ݂ܫܵܟ݂ܝ (diḇšāḵ)	ܕܸܒ݂ܫܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (diḇšawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܕܸܒ݂ܫܵܐ (diḇšā)	3^rd person	ܕܸܒ݂ܫܹܗ (diḇšēh)	ܕܸܒ݂ܫܵܗ̇ (diḇšāh)	ܕܸܒ݂ܫܗܘܿܢ (diḇšhōn)

Descendants

→ Northern Kurdish: doşav, doşab (“syrup”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA^(key): [dabbaːʃeː]

Noun

ܕܲܒܵܫܹ̈ܐ • (dabbāšē) f pl

plural of ܕܲܒܵܫܬܵܐ (dabbāštā, “bee”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *dibš-

Aramaic דבשא (dibšā)

Classical Syriac ܕܒܫܐ

Inherited from Aramaic דבשא (dibšā), from Proto-Semitic *dibš-.

Pronunciation

(Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛv.ʃɑ]
(Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪw.ʃɑ]
(Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛw.ʃo]

Noun

ܕܒܫܐ • (deḇšā) m (plural ܕܒܫܐ)

honey
- Peshitta, Luke 24:42:
  ܗܢܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܝܗܒܘ ܠܗ ܡܢܬܐ ܡܢ ܢܘܢܐ ܕܛܘܝܐ. ܘܡܢ ܟܟܪܝܬܐ ܕܕܒܫܐ.
  hennōn dên ya[h]ḇ[w] lēh mənāṯā men nūnā ḏə-ṭāwyā, wə-men kakkārīṯā ḏə-ḏeḇšā.
  And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
wax

Inflection

Inflection of **ܕܒܫܐ**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
	state	form	person	m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܒܫ	1^st person	ܕܒܫܝ		ܕܒܫܢ
	construct	ܕܒܫ	2^nd person	ܕܒܫܟ	ܕܒܫܟܝ	ܕܒܫܟܘܢ	ܕܒܫܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܒܫܐ	3^rd person	ܕܒܫܗ	ܕܒܫܗ	ܕܒܫܗܘܢ	ܕܒܫܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܕܒܫܝܢ	1^st person	ܕܒܫܝ		ܕܒܫܝܢ
	construct	ܕܒܫܝ	2^nd person	ܕܒܫܝܟ	ܕܒܫܝܟܝ	ܕܒܫܝܟܘܢ	ܕܒܫܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܒܫܐ	3^rd person	ܕܒܫܘܗܝ	ܕܒܫܝܗ	ܕܒܫܝܗܘܢ	ܕܒܫܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

(wax): ܫܥܘܬܐ (šəʿōṯā, šāʿōṯā)

Derived terms

ܕܒܫ (dabbeš)
ܕܒܫܬܐ (dabbāštā)

Etymology 2

Noun

ܕܒܫܐ • (dabbāšā)

absolute singular of ܕܒܫܬܐ

Noun

ܕܒܫܐ • (dabbāšē)

emphatic plural of ܕܒܫܬܐ

References

“dbš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 3 November 2011
Costaz, Louis (2002), Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 58b
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 83a
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, →ISBN, page 273a