ܪܒܝܥܐ

Compare Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʕ) and Hebrew רְבִיעָה (rəḇîʿâ).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [rviːʕɑː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [rviːʔɑː], [rviːjɑː]

ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ • (rḇīˁā) m (plural ܪ̈ܒ݂ܝܼܥܹܐ (rḇīˁē))

1. spring (season when plants bloom and dormant animals spring to life)

   Synonyms: ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢ̈ܝܼܣܵܢܹܐ (bēy nīsānē), ܬܸܕ݂ܐܵܐ (tiḏˀā)

2. square tabor, tambourine, timbrel

• ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (rḇīˁā) is used mostly in formal settings and technical contexts (as in e.g. * ܫܲܘܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܬܵܐ (šawyūtā rḇīˁāytā, “vernal equinox”)) or poetic contexts. In colloquial speech, ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢܝܼܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bēy nīsānē) predominates.

• ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܵܐ (rḇīˁāyā, “springlike, vernal; fourth”)
• ܫܲܘܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܬܵܐ (šawyūtā rḇīˁāytā, “vernal equinox”)

(seasons) ܐܸܩܡܹ̈ܐ (iqmē); ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (rḇīˁā) or ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢܝܼ̈ܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bēy nīsānē, “spring”), ܩܲܝܛܵܐ (qayṭā, “summer”), ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܹܐ (tišryāwātē, “autumn”), ܣܸܬܘܵܐ (sitwā, “winter”), ^{(Category: aii:Seasons)}

From the root ܪ-ܒ-ܥ (r-b-ʿ) related to the number four. Compare Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʕ) and Hebrew רְבִיעָה (rəḇîʿâ).

• IPA^(key): [r(ə)viʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [r(ə)viʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܪܒܝܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܒܝܥܐ)

1. square tabor, tambourine, timbrel
2. early rain, spring rain
3. spring (season)

   Synonym: ܬܕܐܐ

• “rbyˁ”, 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. 336a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 526b
• 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. 1428b