ܟܒܝܪܐ

Compare Arabic كَبِير (kabīr) and Hebrew כַּבִּיר (kabír).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [kab.biːrɑː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃa.biːrɑː]

ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ • (kabīrā) (feminine ܟܲܒܝܼܪܬܵܐ (kabīrtā), plural ܟܲܒܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (kabīrē))

1. great, large, big, massive

   ܫܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܝܼ̈ ܐܝܼܬ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ ܘܫܲܦܝܼܪܵܐ.

   šḇāḇī īt lhōn baytā kabīrā w-šapīrā.

   My neighbours have a massive and beautiful house.

2. many, numerous
3. (with ܒ-) rich

   ܐܲܚܢܲܢ ܐܝܼܬ ܠܲܢ ܬܲܫܥܝܼܬܵܐ ܒܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ. ― We have a rich history.

• (great): ܪܲܒܵܐ (rabbā), ܓܘܼܪܵܐ (gūrā)
• (rich): ܥܲܬܝܼܪܵܐ (ˁatīrā)

ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ • (kabīrā)

1. very, vigourously, a lot

   ܐܵܢܵܐ ܘܒܵܒܝܼ ܦܠܝܼܚ ܠܲܢ ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ ܬܸܡܲܠ. ― ānā w-bābī plīḥ lan kabīrā timmal. ― My father and I worked a lot yesterday.

2. many, much, a lot of

   ܠܲܝܬ ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ ܐ݇ܢ̈ܵܫܹܐ ܐܵܟ݂ܵܐ ― layt kabīrā nāšē āḵā ― there are not many people here.

• ܪܵܒܵܐ (rābā)
• ܣܲܓܝܼ (sagī)
• ܛܵܒ݂ (ṭāḇ)

From the root ܟ-ܒ-ܪ (k-b-r) related to being of a large amount. Compare Arabic كَبِير (kabīr) and Hebrew כַּבִּיר (kabbīr).

• IPA^(key): [kabbirɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kabbire(ʔ)] (plural)

ܟܒܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܒܝܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܟܒܝܪܬܐ)

1. great; large, big
2. many, numerous
3. (with ܒ-) rich

ܟܒܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. (in the absolute state) much; strongly, vigourously

• “kbyr”, 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 150b
• 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 596a