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zbn#2 noun pl. emphatic
zbn, zbnˀ (zḇan, zaḇnā) n.m./f. #2time
1 time, instance Palm, Jud, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBAmb, Man, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) ܒܗ ܒܙܒܢܐ : at that very moment, immediately Syr.
2 stretch of time, period Syr. ▶ more

--(a) physical age, aging Syr.

(a.1) especially : time of maturity Syr.
3 expressions: Syr. ▶ more

--(a) abs.: for a long time (?) Palm.

--(b) ܒܙܒܢ܂ ܒܙܒܢ ܙܒܢ : see s.v. bzbn adv. Syr.

--(c) ܙܒܢ̈ܬܐ : adv. : many times Syr.

--(d) ܡܢ ܙܒܢܐ : at any previous time Syr.

--(e) ܝܘܡܐ ܕܙܒܢܐ : seasonal festival Syr.

--(f) ܒܠܐ ܙܒܢܐ timeless, beyond the concept of time Syr.

--(g) bla zibna, bla zibnia : in no time, not at the expected time Man.

--(h) construct state -- w./w.o. ܒ : at the time of, during Syr.
4 as an abstract concept Syr. ▶ more

--(a) temporality, fragility Syr.

(a.1) ܕܙܒܢܐ or as nomen rectum : temporary (opp. ܕܠܥܠܡ) Syr.

1 temporal Syr.

--(b) (gram.) tense Syr.

--(c) (math.) pl. : times larger Syr.