ܚܘܪܒܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ħor(ə)vɑ], [ħur(ə)vɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħor(ə)ve], [ħur(ə)ve] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܚܘܪܒܐ (ḥōrḇāf (plural ܚܘܪܒܐ (ḥōrḇē))

  1. stork, heron
Inflection[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From the root ܚ-ܪ-ܒ (ḥ-r-b) related to ruining. Compare Arabic خِرْبَة (ḵirba) and Hebrew חֹרֶב (ḥṓreḇ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ܚܘܪܒܐ (ḥurbām (plural ܚܘܪܒܐ (ḥurbē))

  1. ruin, ravaging, devastation, desolation
  2. desert, wilderness, plain
  3. emptiness, solitude
Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • ḥwrbˀ2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ḥwrbˀ”, 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, page 116a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 134b
  • 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, page 433a