ܟܘܟܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܟܘܟܒ̈ܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic כַּוְכְּבָא (kawkəḇā), from Proto-Semitic *kabkab-; compare Classical Syriac ܟܘܟܒܐ (kawkəḇā), Turoyo ܟܘܟܘܐ (kukwo), Arabic كَوْكَب (kawkab), Hebrew כּוֹכָב (kokháv) and Akkadian 𒀯 (kakkabum).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [kawx(ə)vaː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [kawɪxwa]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃɪx.vaː]

Noun

ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ • (kawḵḇā) m sg (plural ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (kawḵḇē))

  1. (astronomy) celestial body (especially star)

Inflection

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kabkab-. The sense of "collyrium" is a calque of Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܟܘܟܒܐ • (kawkəḇā) m (plural ܟܘܟܒܐ)

  1. (astronomy) celestial body (especially star)
  2. kind of collyrium

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܟܘܟܒܐ ܗܘܢܝܐ
  • ܟܘܟܒܐ ܛܥܝܐ
  • ܟܘܟܒܐ ܛܪܝܕ ܪܗܛܐ
  • ܟܘܟܒܐ ܥܢܢܝܐ
  • ܟܘܟܒܐ ܨܘܨܝܢܐ
  • ܟܘܟܒܘܢܐ
  • ܟܘܟܒܝܠ
  • ܟܘܟܒܬܐ
  • ܡܡܠܠ ܒܟܘܟܒܐ
  • ܡܢܐ ܟܘܟܒܐ

References

  • kwkb”, 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 152b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 208a
  • 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 606a
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