Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕarrɑvtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕarrɑvɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܪܒܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܥܪܒܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܥܪܒܐ)

1. sponsor, guarantor, surety, securer
2. guardian, godmother
3. bridesmaid
4. (law) security, bail

Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew עֲרָבָה ‎(ʿărāḇâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕarb(ə)θɑ(ʔ)], [ʕ(ə)ravtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕarbe(ʔ)], [ʕarbɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܪܒܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܥܪܒܬܐ or ܥܪܒܐ)

1. willow
2. asparagus

Inflection

References

• “(rbh”, 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. 263a, b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 427a
• 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, pp. 1134b, 1135a