ܝܒܝܫܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܝ ܒ ܫ (y b š)
6 terms

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, an ellipsis of ܐܪܥܐ ܝܒܝܫܬܐ (ʾarʿāʾ yabbīštāʾ, literally dry land); cognate to Hebrew יַבֶּשֶׁת (yabéshet).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [jab.biʃːtɑː]

Noun

ܝܲܒܝܼܫܬܵܐ • (yabīštā) f sg (plural ܝܲܒܝܼܫܵܬܹ̈ܐ (yabīšātē))

  1. continent
  2. (obsolete) earth, dry land
Inflection
Hyponyms
Seven Continents in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܫܲܒ݂ܥܵܐ ܝܲܒܝܼܫܵܬܹ̈ܐ (šaḇˁā yabīšātē) (layout · text)
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Assyrian
Neo-Aramaic
ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܐܵܡܹܝܪܝܼܟܵܐ (garbē āmērīkā) ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܐܵܡܹܝܪܝܼܟܵܐ (tayman āmērīkā) ܐܲܢܛܵܪܛܝܼܩܵܐ (anṭārṭīqā) ܐܲܦܪܝܼܩܵܐ (aprīqā) ܐܹܘܪܘܿܦܹܐ (ēwrōpē) ܐܵܣܝܼܵܐ (āsīyā) ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܝܼܵܐ (ēwqyānōsīyā)
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [jab.biʃːtɑː] (Adjective)
  • (standard) IPA(key): [wiʃːtɑː] (Verb)

Adjective

ܝܲܒܝܼܫܬܵܐ • (yabīštā) (plural ܝܲܒܝܼܫܵܬܹ̈ܐ (yabbīšātē))

  1. feminine of ܝܲܒܝܼܫܬܵܐ (yabīštā, dry)

Verb

ܝܒ݂ܝܼܫܬܵܐ • (ḇīštā) (plural ܝܒ݂ܝܼܫܵܬܹ̈ܐ (ḇīšātē))

  1. feminine of ܝܒ݂ܝܼܫܵܐ (ḇīšā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Elliptical form of ܐܪܥܐ ܝܒܝܫܬܐ (ʾarʿāʾ yabbīštāʾ), from ܐܪܥܐ (ʾarʿāʾ, land) + ܝܒܝܫܬܐ (yabbīštāʾ, dry), from the root ܝ-ܒ-ܫ (y-b-š) related to dryness. Compare Hebrew יַבָּשָׁה (yabbāšâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jabbiʃtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [jabbiʃɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܝܒܝܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܝܒܝܫܬܐ)

  1. earth, dry land

Inflection

Adjective

ܝܒܝܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed)

  1. feminine emphatic singular of ܝܒܝܫܐ
  2. feminine emphatic plural of ܝܒܝܫܐ

References

  • ybyšh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ybšh”, 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, p. 136b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 185b
  • 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. 560a
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