ܡܘܬܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܘ-ܬ-ܒ (w-t-b) related to sitting. Compare Hebrew מוֹשָׁב (môšāḇ). The sense of "part of the liturgy" is a calque of Ancient Greek κάθισμα (káthisma).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mawt(ə)vɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [mawt(ə)ve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܘܬܒܐ • (mawtəḇā) m (plural ܡܘܬܒܐ)

  1. seat, throne
  2. sitting
  3. (anatomy) buttocks, anus
  4. sojourning, stay, visit
  5. site, place, location, position
  6. habitation, settlement
  7. abode, dwelling, domicile
  8. pulpit
  9. (ecclesiastical) part of the liturgical service sung while sitting
  10. see, diocese
  11. session, council, congress
  12. table

Inflection
    inflection of ܡܘܬܒܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܡܘܬܒ ܡܘܬܒܝܢ
construct ܡܘܬܒ ܡܘܬܒܝ
emphatic ܡܘܬܒܐ ܡܘܬܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܡܘܬܒܝ ܡܘܬܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܡܘܬܒܟ ܡܘܬܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܡܘܬܒܟܝ ܡܘܬܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܡܘܬܒܗ ܡܘܬܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܡܘܬܒܗ ܡܘܬܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܡܘܬܒܢ ܡܘܬܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܡܘܬܒܟܘܢ ܡܘܬܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܡܘܬܒܟܝܢ ܡܘܬܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܡܘܬܒܗܘܢ ܡܘܬܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܡܘܬܒܗܝܢ ܡܘܬܒܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “mwtb”, 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. 146a-b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 260b
  • 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. 732a
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