ܠܒܢܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܠܒܢܬܐ
Root
ܠ ܒ ܢ (l b n)
2 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic לְבֵינְתָא (ləḇênəṯā); compare Akkadian 𒋞 (libittu [SIG4]), Arabic لَبِنَة (labina), Hebrew לְבֵנָה (l'véna).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [lə.wɪt.tɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [lə.vɪt.tɑː]

Noun

ܠܒ݂ܸܢ݇ܬܵܐ • (lḇittā) f sg (plural ܠܸܒ݂ܢܹ̈ܐ (liḇnē))

  1. brick (hardened block used for building)
    ܠܒ݂ܸܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܚܕܵܐ ܒܵܬ݇ܪ ܠܒ݂ܸܢ݇ܬܵܐ، ܒܲܝܬܵܐ ܦܝܼܫ ܠܹܗ ܒܸܢܝܵܐ.
    lḇittā ḥdā bār lḇittā, baytā pīš lēh binyā.
    Brick after brick was the house gradually built.
  2. adobe (unburnt brick dried in the sun)

Inflection

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.