ܕܐܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms
  • ܕܐܝܒܐ‎
  • ܕܝܒܐ‎

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ðiʾb- (“wolf”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [de(ʔ)vɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [de(ʔ)ve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܐܒܐ • (de’vā’) m (plural ܕܐܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܕܐܒܬܐ‎)

  1. wolf, he-wolf

Usage notes

While the word is normally considered masculine, it may occasionally be feminine when specifically referring to a female.

Inflection
    declension of ܕܐܒܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܕܐܒ ܕܐܒܝܢ
construct ܕܐܒ ܕܐܒܝ
emphatic ܕܐܒܐ ܕܐܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܕܐܒܝ ܕܐܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܕܐܒܟ ܕܐܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܕܐܒܟܝ ܕܐܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܕܐܒܗ ܕܐܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܕܐܒܗ ܕܐܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܕܐܒܢ ܕܐܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܕܐܒܟܘܢ ܕܐܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܕܐܒܟܝܢ ܕܐܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܕܐܒܗܘܢ ܕܐܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܕܐܒܗܝܢ ܕܐܒܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “dˀb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 57a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 81a
  • 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. 268a
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