ܪܒܬ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [rabbaθ.]

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܪܸܒܲܬ݂ (ribbaṯ, greatly) with the meaning slightly changed. First published in a 2018 dictionary by Odisho Malko Gewargis, as a substitute for the more common Persianism/Arabism ܡܘܼܡܟܸܢ (mumkin); compare similar in Arabic رُبَّمَا (rubbamā, likely, perhaps, potentially).

Adverb

ܪܲܒܲܬ݂ • (rabbaṯ)

  1. (impersonal) it is possible, permitted, allowed; can, may
    Synonym: (dialectal) ܡܘܼܡܟܸܢ (mumkin)
See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ܪܲܒܲܬ݂ • (rabbaṯf sg (plural ܪ̈ܲܒܵܬ݂ (rabbāṯ))

  1. construct state singular of ܪܲܒܬ݂ܵܐ (rabṯā, great, large)