ܚܒܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Also attested in Classical Syriac ܚܲܒܵܐ (ḥabbā), borrowed from Arabic حَبّ (ḥabb).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [xabbɑː], [ħabbɑː]
Noun
ܚܲܒܵܐ • (ḥabbā) m (plural ܚܲܒܹ̈ܐ (ḥabbē))
- tablet, pill, capsule, caplet
- Synonyms: ܟܵܟ݂ܘܿܠܬܵܐ (kāḵōltā), ܩܘܼܦܣܘܿܠܬ݂ܵܐ (qupsōlṯā)
- ܫܩܘܿܠ ܬܪܹܝܢ݇ ܚܲܒܹ̈ܐ ܒܝܲܘܡܵܐ. ― šqōl trēy ḥabbē byawmā. ― Take two pills a day.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܚܲܒ (ḥab) | 1st person | ܚܲܒܝܼ (ḥabī) | ܚܲܒܲܢ (ḥabban) | |||
| construct | ܚܲܒ (ḥab) | 2nd person | ܚܲܒܘܼܟ݂ (ḥabōḵ) | ܚܲܒܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥabbāḵ) | ܚܲܒܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥabbawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܚܲܒܵܐ (ḥabbā) | 3rd person | ܚܲܒܹܗ (ḥabbēh) | ܚܲܒܵܗ̇ (ḥabbāh) | ܚܲܒܗܘܿܢ (ḥabhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܚܲܒܝܼ̈ܢ (ḥabīn) | 1st person | ܚܲܒܝܼ̈ (ḥabī) | ܚܲܒܲܢ̈ (ḥabban) | |||
| construct | ܚܲܒܲܝ̈ (ḥabbay) | 2nd person | ܚܲܒܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ḥabōḵ) | ܚܲܒܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ḥabbāḵ) | ܚܲܒܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥabbawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܚܲܒܹ̈ܐ (ḥabbē) | 3rd person | ܚܲܒܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ḥabūh) | ܚܲܒܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (ḥabbōh) | ܚܲܒܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (ḥabbayhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ħabbɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ħabbe] (plural)
Noun
ܚܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܒܐ)
- grain (unit of measure)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܚܒ | 1st person | ܚܒܝ | ܚܒܢ | |||
| construct | ܚܒ | 2nd person | ܚܒܟ | ܚܒܟܝ | ܚܒܟܘܢ | ܚܒܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܚܒܐ | 3rd person | ܚܒܗ | ܚܒܗ | ܚܒܗܘܢ | ܚܒܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܚܒܝܢ | 1st person | ܚܒܝ | ܚܒܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܚܒܝ | 2nd person | ܚܒܝܟ | ܚܒܝܟܝ | ܚܒܝܟܘܢ | ܚܒܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܚܒܐ | 3rd person | ܚܒܘܗܝ | ܚܒܝܗ | ܚܒܝܗܘܢ | ܚܒܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “ḥb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 122b
- 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 403b