ܟܒܝܪܐ

Of the adjective pattern 1a22ī3ā, inherited from Aramaic [Term?]; compare Arabic كَبِير (kabīr, “big, large”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [kabbiːrɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃabiːrɑː]

ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ • (kabīrā) (feminine ܟܲܒܝܼܪܬܵܐ (kabīrtā), plural ܟܲܒܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (kabīrē))

1. numerous, many, much

   Synonym: ܣܲܓܝܼܐܵܐ (sagīˀā)

ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ • (kabīrā)

1. many, much, a lot of

   ܠܲܝܬ ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ ܐ݇ܢ̈ܵܫܹܐ ܐܵܟ݂ܵܐ

   layt kabīrā nāšē āḵā

   there are not many people here.

2. very, vigourously, a lot

   ܐܵܢܵܐ ܘܐܲܒ݂ܝܼ ܦܠܝܼܚ ܠܲܢ ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ ܬܸܡܵܠܝ.

   ānā w-aḇī plīḥ lan kabīrā timmāl.

   My father and I worked a lot yesterday.

• ܪܵܒܵܐ (rābā)
• ܣܲܓܝܼ (sagī)
• ܛܵܒ݂ (ṭāḇ)

From the root ܟ ܒ ܪ related to being of a large amount. Compare Arabic كَبِير (kabīr) and Hebrew כַּבִּיר (kabbīr).

• IPA^(key): [kabbirɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kabbire] (plural)

ܟܒܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܒܝܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܟܒܝܪܬܐ)

1. great; large, big
2. many, numerous
3. (with ܒ-) rich

ܟܒܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. (in the absolute state) much; strongly, vigourously

• “kbyr”, 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, page 150b
• 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, →ISBN, page 596a