ܥܘܩܒܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Hebrew עַכְבָּר (ʿaḵbār).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕuqb(ə)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕuqb(ə)re(ʔ)], [ʕuqavre(ʔ)], [ʕuqɛvre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܘܩܒܪܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܘܩܒܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܥܘܩܒܪܬܐ)

  1. mouse, field mouse, rat, jerboa
  2. maggot
  3. kind of sore

Usage notes

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

Inflection

References

  • ˁwqbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary : قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 248b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 407a
  • 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. 1085a
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