ܟܒܪܝܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| S | |
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Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic כִּבְּרִיתָא (kiḇrīṯā), Akkadian 𒆠𒀀𒀭𒀀𒇉 (kibrītu, “sulfur; firebrand”), cognate to Arabic كِبْرِيت (kibrīt), and Hebrew גָּפְרִית (gofrít).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [kɪw.riːθɑː]
Noun
ܟܸܒ݂ܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (kiḇrīṯā) f (plural ܟܸܒ݂ܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (kiḇryāṯā))
- (uncountable) sulfur (a chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16, having a bright yellow color and characteristic smell, used commercially in a variety of products such as insecticides, black powder, and matchsticks)
- brimstone (the sulfur of hell or damnation)
- match (a device made of wood or paper, having the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܸܒ݂ܪܝܼ (kiḇrī) | 1st person | ܟܸܒ݂ܪܝܼܬ݂ܝܼ (kiḇrīṯī) | ܟܸܒ݂ܪܝܼܬ݂ܲܢ (kiḇrīṯan) | |||
| construct | ܟܸܒ݂ܪܝܼܬ݂ (kiḇrīṯ) | 2nd person | ܟܸܒ݂ܪܝܼܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (kiḇrīṯōḵ) | ܟܸܒ݂ܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (kiḇrīṯāḵ) | ܟܸܒ݂ܪܝܼܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kiḇrīṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟܸܒ݂ܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (kiḇrīṯā) | 3rd person | ܟܸܒ݂ܪܝܼܬ݂ܹܗ (kiḇrīṯēh) | ܟܸܒ݂ܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (kiḇrīṯāh) | ܟܸܒ݂ܪܝܼܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (kiḇrīṯhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܟܸܒ݂ܪ̈ܝܵܢ (kiḇryān) | 1st person | ܟܸܒ݂ܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܝܼ (kiḇryāṯī) | ܟܸܒ݂ܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܲܢ (kiḇryāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܟܸܒ݂ܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ (kiḇryāṯ) | 2nd person | ܟܸܒ݂ܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (kiḇryāṯōḵ) | ܟܸܒ݂ܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (kiḇryāṯāḵ) | ܟܸܒ݂ܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kiḇryāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟܸܒ݂ܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (kiḇryāṯā) | 3rd person | ܟܸܒ݂ܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܹܗ (kiḇryāṯēh) | ܟܸܒ݂ܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (kiḇryāṯāh) | ܟܸܒ݂ܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (kiḇryāṯhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܟܸܒ݂ܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܡܵܚܘܿܪܵܐ (kiḇrīṯā dmāḥōrā, “launderer’s sulfur”)
- ܟܸܒ݂ܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܝܵܐ (kiḇrīṯāyā, “sulfuric”)
- ܡܲܝ̈ ܟܸܒ݂ܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (may kiḇrīṯā, “sulfuric acid”)
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܟܐܒܪܝܬܐ, כבריתא
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒆠𒀀𒀭𒀀𒇉 (kibrītu, “sulfur; firebrand”), cognate to Arabic كِبْرِيت (kibrīt), and Hebrew גופרית / גָּפְרִית (gop̄rīṯ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɛvriθɑ]
Noun
ܟܒܪܝܬܐ • (kĕḇrīṯā) f(uncountable)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܒܪܝ | 1st person | ܟܒܪܝܬܝ | ܟܒܪܝܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܒܪܝܬ | 2nd person | ܟܒܪܝܬܟ | ܟܒܪܝܬܟܝ | ܟܒܪܝܬܟܘܢ | ܟܒܪܝܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܒܪܝܬܐ | 3rd person | ܟܒܪܝܬܗ | ܟܒܪܝܬܗ | ܟܒܪܝܬܗܘܢ | ܟܒܪܝܬܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܟܒܪܝܬܐ ܕܡܚܘܪܐ
- ܟܒܪܝܬܝܐ
- ܟܒܪܝܬܢܝܐ
- ܟܒܪܬܢܐ
- ܡܝ ܟܒܪܝܬܐ
References
- “kbry”, 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
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 203b
- 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 597b