Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛvʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kɛvʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܒܫܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܟܒܫܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܩܝܐ)

1. ram, wether

Inflection

Descendants

• Old Armenian: քօշ ‎(kʿōš)

Etymology 2

From the root ܟ-ܒ-ܫ ‎(k-b-š) related to pressing. Compare Arabic كَبْس ‎(kabs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k(ə)vɑʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [k(ə)vɑʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܒܫܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܟܒܫܐ)

1. pressure
2. assault, conquest, taking by storm

Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܟ-ܒ-ܫ ‎(k-b-š).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛvʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kɛvʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܒܫܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܟܒܫܐ)

1. sap of mustard plant
2. pickle preserved with mustard
3. (architecture) head of end of a bridge

Inflection

Etymology 4

From the root ܟ-ܒ-ܫ ‎(k-b-š).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛvʃɑ(ʔ)], [k(ə)vɑʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kɛvʃe(ʔ)], [k(ə)vɑʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܒܫܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܟܒܫܐ)

1. spindle

Inflection

Etymology 5

From the root ܟ-ܒ-ܫ ‎(k-b-š). Compare Hebrew כֶּבֶשׁ ‎(kéḇeš).

Alternative forms

• ܟܘܒܫܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kavʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kavʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܒܫܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܟܒܫܐ)

1. footstool, step

Inflection

References

• “kb$”, 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, pp. 150b-151a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 204b
• 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. 598b