ܟܘܟܒܝ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔak-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaw.k(ə.)vaj], [ˈko.x(ə.)vaj] (singular and plural)

Noun

ܟܘܟܒܝ • (kawkəḇay, kōḵəḇay) f (plural ܟܘܟܒܝ)

1. kind of owl

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaw.k(ə.)vaj]

Noun

ܟܘܟܒܝ • (kawkəḇay)

1. construct state plural of ܟܘܟܒܐ

References

• “kwkby”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 18 June 2011
• 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 606b