ܟܘܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܟܘܒܐ
ܐܬܐ ܕܟܘܒܐ

Etymology 1

From Spanish Cuba.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [kuːbɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃuːbɑː]

Proper noun

ܟܘܼܒܵܐ • (kuba) f

  1. Cuba (a country, and the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean; capital and largest city: Havana).
Derived terms
  • ܟܘܼܒܢܵܝܵܐ (kubnaya, Cuban)

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic كُبّ (kubb) and Hebrew כּוּב (kuv).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [kub.bɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃub.bɑː]

Noun

ܟܘܼܒܵܐ • (kubba) m (plural ܟܘܼܒܹ̈ܐ (kubbe))

  1. thorn
  2. thorny staff
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 3

From Byzantine Greek κούπα (koúpa), κοῦπα (koûpa) from Latin cuppa, cūpa.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [kub.bɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃub.bɑː]

Noun

ܟܘܼܒܵܐ • (kubba) m (plural ܟܘܼܒܹ̈ܐ (kubbe))

  1. goblet: a drinking glass with a foot and a stem.
Declension

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kubbɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kubbe] (plural)

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic كُبّ (kubb) and Hebrew כּוּב (kûḇ).

Noun

ܟܘܒܐ • (kubbā) m (plural ܟܘܒܐ (kubbē))

  1. thorn
  2. thorny staff
Inflection
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Byzantine Greek κούπα (koúpa), κοῦπα (koûpa) from Latin cuppa, cūpa.

Noun

ܟܘܒܐ • (kubbā) m (plural ܟܘܒܐ (kubbē))

  1. cup, goblet, vessel
Inflection

References

  • kwb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • kwb2”, 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 152a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 207a
  • 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, pages 602b-603a
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