ܥܒܕܐ

See also: ܥܒܪܐ‎

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܥ-ܒ-ܕ‎ (ʿ-b-d) related to working, from Proto-Semitic *ʿabd-. Compare Arabic عَبْد‎ (ʿabd) and Hebrew עֶבֶד‎ (ʿéḇeḏ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕavdɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕavde(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܒܕܐ • (ˁaḇdā) m (plural ܥܒܕܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܡܬܐ‎)

  1. servant, slave, bondsman
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܥ-ܒ-ܕ‎ (ʿ-b-d) related to working, from Proto-Semitic *ʿabd-. Compare Arabic عِبَاد‎ (ʿibād) and Hebrew עִבּוּד‎ (ʿibbûḏ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)vɑðɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)vɑðe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܒܕܐ • (ˁḇāḏā) m (plural ܥܒܕܐ)

  1. labour/labor, work, toil, exertion
  2. making, forming, building, creating
  3. construction, creation
  4. deed, action, operation, production
  5. preparation
  6. employment, occupation, business
  7. substance, thing, affair
  8. creature
  9. wealth, estate, possessions, goods
  10. baggage, cargo
  11. (grammar) predicate; active voice
  12. administration
  13. office, function
  14. province
  15. reality
Inflection

References

  • “(bd”, 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. 241b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 397a-b
  • 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. 1060a-b
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