Classical Syriac

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