ܕܒܘܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic دَبُّور (dabbūr) and Hebrew דַּבּוּר (dabbûr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɛbborɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [dɛbbore(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܒܘܪܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܕܒܘܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܕܒܘܪܬܐ)

  1. wasp, hornet, drone
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܕ-ܒ-ܪ (d-b-r) related to leading.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɑvorɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [dɑvore(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܒܘܪܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܕܒܘܪܐ)

  1. guide, leader
  2. carrier, pallbearer
  3. driver
  4. charioteer
  5. rower
Inflection

References

  • dbwr”, 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. 58a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 81b
  • 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. 269a
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