ܐܪܢܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܐܪܢܒܐ

Alternative forms

  • ܐܲܪܢܘܼܒ݂ܵܐ (arnūḇā)

Etymology

From Aramaic אַרְנְבָא (ʾarnəḇā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔarnab-; compare Turoyo ܐܱܪܢܘܘܐ (ärnuwo), Arabic أَرْنَب (ʔarnab), and Hebrew אַרְנָב (arnáv).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʔar.nə.wɑː]
  • (Barwar) IPA(key): [har.nuːwa]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʕar.nuːwa], [ʔar.nuːwa]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ʔar.nə.vɑː]

Noun

ܐܲܪܢܒ݂ܵܐ • (arnḇā) m or f (plural ܐܲܪ̈ܢܒ݂ܹܐ (arnḇē) or ܐܲܪ̈ܢܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (arnḇāṯā), feminine ܐܲܪܢܲܒ݂ܬܵܐ (arnaḇtā))

  1. rabbit, hare

Usage notes

This word is traditionally feminine and refers to either sex of rabbit, but is normally masculine in Iraqi Koine where it refers to male rabbits.

Inflection

Proper noun

ܐܲܪܢܒ݂ܵܐ • (arnḇā) f

  1. (astronomy) Lepus

References

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Akin to Arabic أَرْنَب (ʔarnab) and Hebrew אַרְנָב (ʾarnā́ḇ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔarn(ə)vɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔarn(ə)ve] (plural)

Noun

ܐܪܢܒܐ • (ʾarnəḇā) m (plural ܐܪܢܒܐ (ʾarnəḇē))

  1. (oncology, pathology) tumor/tumour

Inflection

Noun

ܐܪܢܒܐ • (ʾarnəḇā) f (plural ܐܪܢܒܐ (ʾarnəḇē))

  1. rabbit, hare

Usage notes

While the word is normally considered feminine, it may occasionally be masculine when specifically referring to a male.

Inflection

Proper noun

ܐܪܢܒܐ • (ʾarnəḇā) f

  1. (astronomy) Lepus

Synonyms

References

  • ˀrnb”, 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 20a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 29b
  • Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 393
  • 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 103a
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