ܓܒܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Root
ܓ ܒ ܐ
5 terms

Compare Arabic جَابٍ (jābin) and Hebrew גַּבַּאי (gabbaʾy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡabbɑjɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡabbɑje] (plural)

Noun

ܓܒܝܐ • (gabbāyā) m (plural ܓܒܝܐ (gabbāyē))

  1. exactor, tax collector
  2. guard, officer
  3. usher

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܒܝܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܓܒܝ 1st person ܓܒܝܝ ܓܒܝܢ
construct ܓܒܝ 2nd person ܓܒܝܟ ܓܒܝܟܝ ܓܒܝܟܘܢ ܓܒܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܒܝܐ 3rd person ܓܒܝܗ ܓܒܝܗ ܓܒܝܗܘܢ ܓܒܝܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܓܒܝܝܢ 1st person ܓܒܝܝ ܓܒܝܝܢ
construct ܓܒܝܝ 2nd person ܓܒܝܝܟ ܓܒܝܝܟܝ ܓܒܝܝܟܘܢ ܓܒܝܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܒܝܐ 3rd person ܓܒܝܘܗܝ ܓܒܝܝܗ ܓܒܝܝܗܘܢ ܓܒܝܝܗܝܢ

References

  • “gby2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 41a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 59a
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, page 200a
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