ܟܘܟܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From the older form ܟܲܘܟܒ݂ܵܐ (kawkḇā), where the current form is a back-formation from the plural ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (kawḵḇē). Inherited from Aramaic כַּוְכְּבָא (kawkəḇā), from Proto-Semitic *kabkab-; compare Classical Syriac ܟܘܟܒܐ (kawkəḇā), Turoyo ܟܘܟܘܐ (kukwo), Arabic كَوْكَب (kawkab), Hebrew כּוֹכָב (kokháv), and Akkadian 𒀯 (kakkabum).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [kawx(ə)vaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [kawɪxwa]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɪx.vaː]

Noun

ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ • (kawḵḇā) m sg (plural ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (kawḵḇē))

1. (astronomy) celestial body (especially star)

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܘܿܟ݂ܲܒ݂ (kōḵaḇ)		1st person	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܝܼ (kawḵḇī)		ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܲܢ (kawḵḇan)
	construct	ܟܘܿܟ݂ܲܒ݂ (kōḵaḇ)		2nd person	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (kawḵḇōḵ)	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (kawḵḇāḵ)	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kawḵḇawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ (kawḵḇā)		3rd person	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܹܗ (kawḵḇēh)	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܗ̇ (kawḵḇāh)	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܲܒ݂ܗܘܿܢ (kawḵaḇhōn)
plural	absolute	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܝܼ̈ܢ (kawḵḇīn)		1st person	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܝܼ̈ (kawḵḇī)		ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܲܢ̈ (kawḵḇan)
	construct	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܲܝ̈ (kawḵḇay)		2nd person	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (kawḵḇōḵ)	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (kawḵḇāḵ)	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kawḵḇawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (kawḵḇē)		3rd person	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ (kawḵḇūh)	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (kawḵḇōh)	ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (kawḵḇayhōn)

Derived terms

• ܟܲܘܟܸܒ݂ (kawkiḇ, “to observe the stars”)
• ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ (kāwḵḇōnā, “asterisk”)
• ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ ܕܝܵܡܵܐ (kāwḵḇā d-yāmā, “starfish”)
• ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ ܕܩܘܼܛܒܵܐ (kāwḵḇā dquṭbā, “North Star”)
• ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ ܛܵܥܝܵܐ (kāwḵḇā ṭāˁyā, “planet”)
• ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ ܨܘܿܨܝܵܢܵܐ (kāwḵḇā ṣōṣyānā, “comet”)
• ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ ܩܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (kāwḵḇā qḇīˁā, “fixed star”)
• ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ (kāwḵḇānāyā, “starlike, stellar”)
• ܡܡܲܠܠܘܼܬ ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (mmallūt kāwḵḇē, “astronomy, astrology”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kabkab-. The sense of "collyrium" is a calque of Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kawk(ə)vɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kawk(ə)ve] (plural)

Noun

ܟܘܟܒܐ • (kawkəḇā) m (plural ܟܘܟܒܐ)

1. (astronomy) celestial body (especially star)
2. kind of collyrium

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܘܟܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܘܟܒ		1st person	ܟܘܟܒܝ		ܟܘܟܒܢ
	construct	ܟܘܟܒ		2nd person	ܟܘܟܒܟ	ܟܘܟܒܟܝ	ܟܘܟܒܟܘܢ	ܟܘܟܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܟܒܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܟܒܗ	ܟܘܟܒܗ	ܟܘܟܒܗܘܢ	ܟܘܟܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܘܟܒܝܢ		1st person	ܟܘܟܒܝ		ܟܘܟܒܝܢ
	construct	ܟܘܟܒܝ		2nd person	ܟܘܟܒܝܟ	ܟܘܟܒܝܟܝ	ܟܘܟܒܝܟܘܢ	ܟܘܟܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܟܒܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܟܒܘܗܝ	ܟܘܟܒܝܗ	ܟܘܟܒܝܗܘܢ	ܟܘܟܒܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܟܘܟܒܐ ܗܘܢܝܐ
• ܟܘܟܒܐ ܛܥܝܐ
• ܟܘܟܒܐ ܛܪܝܕ ܪܗܛܐ
• ܟܘܟܒܐ ܥܢܢܝܐ
• ܟܘܟܒܐ ܨܘܨܝܢܐ
• ܟܘܟܒܘܢܐ
• ܟܘܟܒܝܠ
• ܟܘܟܒܬܐ
• ܡܡܠܠ ܒܟܘܟܒܐ
• ܡܢܐ ܟܘܟܒܐ

References

• “kwkb”, 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 152b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, →ISBN, page 606a