Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)var(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħavrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܒܪܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܚܒܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܚܒܪܐ)

1. friend, companion, mate, comrade
2. neighbor/neighbour, fellow, peer
3. equivalent, equal
4. alternate, other, another
5. prostitute

Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew חַבּוּרָה ‎(ḥabbûrâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)vɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)vɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܒܪܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܚܒܪܬܐ)

1. bruise, sore, wound
2. (figuratively) scribal error

Inflection

References

• “xbrh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 95a, b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 125a
• 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. 410b