ࡓࡁࡀ

Classical Mandaic

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Afroasiatic *ruub-
    Proto-Semitic *rabb-
    Aramaic ךבּא
    Classical Mandaic ࡓࡁࡀ (rba)

    Inherited from Aramaic ךבּא, from Proto-Semitic *rabb-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ruub-.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈrab.bɔ/
    • Rhymes: -abbɔ

    Adjective

    ࡓࡁࡀ (rba /rabbɔ/) m

    1. great, large, immense
    2. great (of major significance)
      c. 16-17th century, The Thousand and Twelve Questions:
      ࡌࡀࡑࡁࡅࡕࡀ ࡓࡀࡁࡕࡉࡀ
      maṣbuta rabtia
      the great baptism

    Further reading

    • “rb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
    • Drower, E. S.; Macuch, R. (1963), A Mandaic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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