ܐܒܠܐ

From the root ܐ-ܒ-ܠ (ʾ-b-l) related to mourning; compare Hebrew אֵבֶל (ʾḗḇel). The asceticism sense apparently has its root in the destruction of Jerusalem spawning practices of abstinence from thereunto sacrificed victual.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛv.lɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛv.le] (plural)

ܐܒܠܐ • (ʾeḇlā) m (plural ܐܒܠܐ)

1. grief, sadness, sorrow
2. weeping, mourning, lamentation
3. calamity
4. asceticism, monkery

• IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛb.(bə.)lɑ], [ʔɛbˈbɑ.lɑ], [ʔabˈbɑ.lɑ]

ܐܒܠܐ • (ʾebbəlā, ʾebbālā, ʾabbālā)

1. absolute singular of ܐܒܠܬܐ

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