ܐܒܘܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Akkadian [script needed] (ebbūbu). Compare Arabic أُنْبُوب (ʾunbūb) and Hebrew אַבּוּב (ʾabbûḇ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔabbuvɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔabbuve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܒܘܒܐ ('abuba') m (plural ܐܒܘܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܒܘܒܬܐ)

  1. reed, flute
  2. pipe, tube
  3. channel, canal

Inflection

References

  • )bwb”, 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. 2a
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 2a
  • 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. 3a
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