ܟܘܟܒܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Diminutive of ܟܘܟܒܐ (kawk(ə)ḇā(ʾ), “star”), from Proto-Semitic *kabkab-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kawk(ə)vonɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [kawk(ə)vone(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܟܘܟܒܘܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܘܟܒܘܢܐ)

1. asterisk

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܘܟܒܘܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܘܟܒܘܢ		1st person	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܝ		ܟܘܟܒܘܢܢ
	construct	ܟܘܟܒܘܢ		2nd person	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܟ	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܟܝ	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܟܘܢ	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܗ	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܗ	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܗܘܢ	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܝܢ		1st person	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܝ		ܟܘܟܒܘܢܝܢ
	construct	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܝ		2nd person	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܝܟ	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܝܟܝ	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܝܟܘܢ	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܘܗܝ	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܝܗ	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܝܗܘܢ	ܟܘܟܒܘܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “kwkbwn”, 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. 152b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 208a
• 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. 606a-b