ܪܒܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܪ-ܒ-ܐ (r-b-ʾ) related to increasing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [r(ə)vɑjɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܪܒܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. (finance) interest
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܪ-ܒ-ܐ (r-b-ʾ) related to increasing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rabbɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [rabbɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܒܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܒܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܪܒܝܬܐ)

  1. usurer
Inflection

References

  • rby”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 526a
  • 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. 1428a
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