ܩܪܒܐ

Classical Syriac
FWOTD – 29 January 2019

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [q(ə)rɑvɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [q(ə)rɑve(ʔ)] (plural)

Etymology 1

From Aramaic קְרָב‎ (qrāḇ); also borrowed as Akkadian 𒋡𒊏𒁍 (/qarābu/) and Hebrew קְרָב‎ (krav).

Noun

ܩܪܒܐ • (qərāḇā) m (plural ܩܪܒܐ)

  1. war, battle, fight
    • Peshitta, Luke 21, 9.
      ܘܡܐ ܕܫܡܥܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܩܪ̈ܒܐ ܘܫܓܘܫ̈ܝܐ ܠܐ ܬܕܚܠܘܢ
      When you hear about wars and uprisings, don't fear, (...)
  2. (military) line of battle
Inflection
    declension of ܩܪܒܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܩܪܒ ܩܪܒܝܢ
construct ܩܪܒ ܩܪܒܝ
emphatic ܩܪܒܐ ܩܪܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܩܪܒܝ ܩܪܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܩܪܒܟ ܩܪܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܩܪܒܟܝ ܩܪܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܩܪܒܗ ܩܪܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܩܪܒܗ ܩܪܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܩܪܒܢ ܩܪܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܩܪܒܟܘܢ ܩܪܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܩܪܒܟܝܢ ܩܪܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܩܪܒܗܘܢ ܩܪܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܩܪܒܗܝܢ ܩܪܒܝܗܝܢ
Antonyms

Etymology 2

From the root ܩ-ܪ-ܒ‎ (q-r-b) related to approaching. Cognate with Arabic قَرَابَة‎ (qarāba, “nearness”).

Noun

ܩܪܒܐ • (qərāḇā) m (plural ܩܪܒܐ)

  1. nearness
Inflection
    declension of ܩܪܒܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܩܪܒ ܩܪܒܝܢ
construct ܩܪܒ ܩܪܒܝ
emphatic ܩܪܒܐ ܩܪܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܩܪܒܝ ܩܪܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܩܪܒܟ ܩܪܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܩܪܒܟܝ ܩܪܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܩܪܒܗ ܩܪܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܩܪܒܗ ܩܪܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܩܪܒܢ ܩܪܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܩܪܒܟܘܢ ܩܪܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܩܪܒܟܝܢ ܩܪܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܩܪܒܗܘܢ ܩܪܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܩܪܒܗܝܢ ܩܪܒܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “qrb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-02-29
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 329a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 517b
  • 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. 1401b

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