ܫܒܘܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • (rare) ܫܒܘܥܬܐ

Etymology

Derived from ܫܒܥܐ (šaḇʿāʾ, seven). Compare Arabic أُسْبُوع (ʾusbūʿ) and Hebrew שָׁבוּעַ (šāḇûaʿ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃɑvoʕɑ(ʔ)], [ʃabbuʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃɑvoʕe(ʔ)], [ʃabbuʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܒܘܥܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܒܘܥܐ)

  1. week
  2. sabbatical cycle
  3. (ecclesiastical) liturgical season divided into seven weeks

Inflection

Synonyms

References

  • šbwˁ”, 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. 357b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 555b
  • 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. 1500a
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