ܪܒܠܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܢ ܒ ܪ (n b r)
1 term

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from an alternative form of ܢܒ݂ܵܪܵܐ (nḇārā, “tape; fibrous part of palm leaf”) as a semantic loan from English.

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA^(key): [rəwaːlaː]

Noun

ܪܒ݂ܵܠܵܐ • (rḇālā) m (plural ܪ̈ܒ݂ܵܠܹܐ (rḇālē))

(in the plural) fibres
1. tubular cells of bodily tissue
2. spongy interior of a plant
3. dietary fibres

Inflection

Inflection of **ܪܒ݂ܵܠܵܐ**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
	state	form	person	m	f	plural
singular	absolute	ܪܒ݂ܵܠ (rḇāl)	1^st person	ܪܒ݂ܵܠܝܼ (rḇālī)		ܪܒ݂ܵܠܲܢ (rḇālan)
	construct	ܪܒ݂ܵܠ (rḇāl)	2^nd person	ܪܒ݂ܵܠܘܼܟ݂ (rḇālōḵ)	ܪܒ݂ܵܠܵܟ݂ܝ (rḇālāḵ)	ܪܒ݂ܵܠܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rḇālawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܪܒ݂ܵܠܵܐ (rḇālā)	3^rd person	ܪܒ݂ܵܠܹܗ (rḇālēh)	ܪܒ݂ܵܠܵܗ̇ (rḇālāh)	ܪܒ݂ܵܠܗܘܿܢ (rḇālhōn)
plural	absolute	ܪ̈ܒ݂ܵܠܝܼܢ (rḇālīn)	1^st person	ܪ̈ܒ݂ܵܠܝܼ (rḇālī)		ܪ̈ܒ݂ܵܠܲܢ (rḇālan)
	construct	ܪ̈ܒ݂ܵܠܲܝ (rḇālay)	2^nd person	ܪ̈ܒ݂ܵܠܘܼܟ݂ (rḇālōḵ)	ܪ̈ܒ݂ܵܠܵܟ݂ܝ (rḇālāḵ)	ܪ̈ܒ݂ܵܠܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rḇālawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܪ̈ܒ݂ܵܠܹܐ (rḇālē)	3^rd person	ܪ̈ܒ݂ܵܠܘܼܗܝ (rḇālūh)	ܪ̈ܒ݂ܵܠܘܼܗ̇ (rḇālōh)	ܪ̈ܒ݂ܵܠܲܝܗܘܿܢ (rḇālayhōn)

Derived terms

ܪܒ݂ܵܠܵܝܵܐ (rḇālāyā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

According to Löw, byform of ܢܒܪܐ (nḇārā) more canonical in other Aramaic lects and that just a clipping of what is found fully as Arabic قُنْبَار (qunbār, “coir”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [rvɑlɑ], [rɑvɑlɑ] (singular)
IPA^(key): [rvɑle], [rɑvɑle] (plural)

Noun

ܪܒܠܐ • (rḇālā, rāḇālā) m (plural ܪܒܠܐ (rḇālē, rāḇālē))

sheath fibre of the palm-tree
(synecdochic) a product woven from palm-fibres, fibre-web

Inflection

Inflection of **ܪܒܠܐ**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
	state	form	person	m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܒܠ	1^st person	ܪܒܠܝ		ܪܒܠܢ
	construct	ܪܒܠ	2^nd person	ܪܒܠܟ	ܪܒܠܟܝ	ܪܒܠܟܘܢ	ܪܒܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܒܠܐ	3^rd person	ܪܒܠܗ	ܪܒܠܗ	ܪܒܠܗܘܢ	ܪܒܠܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܪܒܠܝܢ	1^st person	ܪܒܠܝ		ܪܒܠܝܢ
	construct	ܪܒܠܝ	2^nd person	ܪܒܠܝܟ	ܪܒܠܝܟܝ	ܪܒܠܝܟܘܢ	ܪܒܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܒܠܐ	3^rd person	ܪܒܠܘܗܝ	ܪܒܠܝܗ	ܪܒܠܝܗܘܢ	ܪܒܠܝܗܝܢ

References

“nbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Brockelmann, Carl (1928), Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 412b
Brockelmann, Carl (1928), Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 708b
Löw, Immanuel (1881), Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, →DOI, page 117
Löw, Immanuel (1924), Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 331