ܕܒܫܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܕ ܒ ܫ (d b š)
4 terms

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [dab.baːʃ.taː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [dabaʃ.ta.]

Noun

ܕܲܒܵܫܬܵܐ • (dabbāštā) f (plural ܕܲܒܵܫܹ̈ܐ (dabbāšē))

1. bee

See also

• ܕܸܒܘܿܪܵܐ (dibōrā, “hornet”)
• ܕܸܒܘܿܪܬܵܐ (dibōrtā, “gadfly”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Derived from ܕܒܫܐ (deḇšāʾ, “honey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dabbɑʃtɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܕܒܫܬܐ • (dabbāštā) f (plural ܕܒܫܐ)

1. honey bee

Inflection

    declension of ܕܒܫܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܕܒܫܐ	ܕܒܫܝܢ
construct	ܕܒܫܬ	ܕܒܫܝ
emphatic	ܕܒܫܬܐ	ܕܒܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܕܒܫܬܝ	ܕܒܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܕܒܫܬܟ	ܕܒܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܕܒܫܬܟܝ	ܕܒܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܕܒܫܬܗ	ܕܒܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܕܒܫܬܗ	ܕܒܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܕܒܫܬܢ	ܕܒܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܕܒܫܬܟܘܢ	ܕܒܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܕܒܫܬܟܝܢ	ܕܒܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܕܒܫܬܗܘܢ	ܕܒܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܕܒܫܬܗܝܢ	ܕܒܫܝܗܝܢ

References

• “dbšh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• 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. 273a