ܢܨܝܒܝܢ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

An Old Aramaic plural formation dating back to the 2nd millennium BCE from ܢܨܝܒ (nəṣīḇ, “erected, planted”, adjective) from the root ܢ ܨ ܒ cognate to the Arabic ن ص ب (n ṣ b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nəsˤivin]

Proper noun

ܢܨܝܒܝܢ • (nəṣīḇīn)

  1. Nusaybin (a city in today’s Mardin Province in Turkey)
    Synonyms: ܡܓܕܘܢܝܐ, ܨܘܒܐ

Derived terms

  • ܢܨܝܒܝܐ (nəṣīḇāyā, “Nisibene”)

Further reading

  • Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 2440
  • Wild, Stefan (1973) Libanesische Ortsnamen (Beiruter Texte und Studien; 9)‎[1], Würzburg · Bayrūt: Ergon-Verlag · al-Furat, published 2008, →ISBN, page 96
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