ܥܕܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Inherited from Aramaic [Term?].

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʕɪðwaː], [ʕɪðvaː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʔɪðwa]

Noun

ܥܸܕ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ • (ˁiḏḇā) m (plural ܥܸܕ݂ܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (ˁiḏḇē))

  1. lot (Anything (as a stick, pebble, ball, slip of paper, etc.) used in determining a question or dividing things up by chance, or without human choice or will)
  2. (in the plural) game or act of casting lots

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • ܫܵܐܸܬ ܥܸܕ݂ܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (šāˀit ˁiḏḇē, “to cast lots”)
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