ܙܒܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

A loanword from an indeterminate source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zavnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zavne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܒܢܐ (zaḇnā) c (plural ܙܒܢܐ)

  1. time
  2. temporality, ephemerality
  3. caducity, fragility
  4. epoch, era, age
  5. occasion, moment, instance
  6. season
  7. (grammar) tense
Usage notes

Usually, the sense of "moment" or "instance" is feminine while all other senses are masculine.

Inflection
See also
  • ܙܒܢܬܐ

Etymology 2

From the root ܙ-ܒ-ܢ (z-b-n) related to purchasing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [z(ə)vɑnɑ(ʔ)], [zɛvnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [z(ə)vɑne(ʔ)], [zɛvne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܒܢܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܒܢܐ)

  1. purchasing, purchase
  2. merchandise
Inflection
See also

References

  • zbn”, 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. 83b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 109b-110a
  • 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. 363a-b
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