ܓܒܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܓ ܒ ܪ (g b r)
4 terms

Inherited from Aramaic גַּבְרָא (gaḇrā), from Proto-West Semitic *gabr-; compare Arabic جَبْر (jabr) and Hebrew גֶּבֶר (géver). Doublet of ܓܘܼܪܵܐ (gūrā, “large”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ • (gaḇrā) m (plural ܓܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (gaḇrē) or ܓܘܼܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (guḇrē) or ܓܘܼܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (guḇrānē) or ܓܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (gaḇrānē), feminine ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ (baḵtā))

  1. man (adult human male)
    ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܚܲܟܝܼܡܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܥܲܡ ܥܘܼܬܪܹܗ.
    gaḇrā ḥakīmā ìwā ˁam ˁutrēh.
    He was a wise man with his wealth.
  2. husband (male spouse)
    ܟܹܐ ܦܵܠܚܹܢ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܥܲܡ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܕܫܲܡܝܼܪܵܡ.
    kē pālḥēn wā ˁam gaḇrā dšamīrām.
    I used to work with Shamiram's husband.
Usage notes
  • The plural ܓܘܼܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (guḇrē) is used for the sense of men while the plural ܓܘܼܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (guḇrānē) is used for the sense of husbands. The plural ܓܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (gaḇrānē) is pejorative in some dialects.
  • It is traditionally disrespectful and immodest for a wife to refer to her husband with this word, instead, she will use ܡܵܪ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ (mārwāṯī) or ܒܲܪ ܚܸܡܝܵܢ̈ܝܼ (bar ḥimyānī, literally “the son of my parents-in-law”) or ܒܵܒܵܐ ܕܝܲܠܘܼܕ݂ܝܼ (bābā dyalūḏī, literally “the father of my child(ren)”)
Inflection
Inflection of ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܓܒ݂ܲܪ (gḇar) 1st person ܓܲܒ݂ܪܝܼ (gaḇrī) ܓܲܒ݂ܪܲܢ (gaḇran)
construct ܓܒ݂ܲܪ (gḇar) 2nd person ܓܲܒ݂ܪܘܼܟ݂ (gaḇrōḵ) ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܟ݂ܝ (gaḇrāḵ) ܓܲܒ݂ܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (gaḇrawḵōn)
emphatic ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (gaḇrā) 3rd person ܓܲܒ݂ܪܹܗ (gaḇrēh) ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܗ̇ (gaḇrāh) ܓܲܒ݂ܪܗܘܿܢ (gaḇrhōn)
plural absolute ܓܲܒ݂ܪܝܼܢ (gaḇrīn) 1st person ܓܲܒ݂ܪܝܼ (gaḇrī) ܓܲܒ݂ܪܲܢ (gaḇran)
construct ܓܲܒ݂ܪܲܝ (gaḇray) 2nd person ܓܲܒ݂ܪܘܼܟ݂ (gaḇrōḵ) ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܟ݂ܝ (gaḇrāḵ) ܓܲܒ݂ܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (gaḇrawḵōn)
emphatic ܓܲܒ݂ܪܹܐ (gaḇrē) 3rd person ܓܲܒ݂ܪܘܼܗܝ (gaḇrūh) ܓܲܒ݂ܪܘܼܗ̇ (gaḇrōh) ܓܲܒ݂ܪܲܝܗܘܿܢ (gaḇrayhōn)
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Active noun of the verb ܓܵܒ݂ܹܪ (gāḇēr, “to get married”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܓܲܒ݂ܵܪܵܐ • (gaḇārā) m (plural ܓܲܒ݂ܵܪܹ̈ܐ (gaḇārē), feminine ܓܲܒ݂ܵܪܬܵܐ (gaḇārtā))

  1. one who marries, about to marry, set to marry

References

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Root
ܓ ܒ ܪ
1 term

From Proto-West Semitic *gabr-; compare Aramaic גַּבְרָא (gaḇrā, “man”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡavrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡavre] (plural)

Noun

ܓܒܪܐ • (gaḇrā) m (plural ܓܒܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܢܬܬܐ)

  1. man, husband
  2. person, someone

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܒܪܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܓܒܪ 1st person ܓܒܪܝ ܓܒܪܢ
construct ܓܒܪ 2nd person ܓܒܪܟ ܓܒܪܟܝ ܓܒܪܟܘܢ ܓܒܪܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܒܪܐ 3rd person ܓܒܪܗ ܓܒܪܗ ܓܒܪܗܘܢ ܓܒܪܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܓܒܪܝܢ 1st person ܓܒܪܝ ܓܒܪܝܢ
construct ܓܒܪܝ 2nd person ܓܒܪܝܟ ܓܒܪܝܟܝ ܓܒܪܝܟܘܢ ܓܒܪܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܒܪܐ 3rd person ܓܒܪܘܗܝ ܓܒܪܝܗ ܓܒܪܝܗܘܢ ܓܒܪܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

  • → Proto-Kurdish: (“big; chief; elder, senior; grown-up, adult; venerable”)[1]
  • → Middle Persian:
    • Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (GBRA /⁠*garbā; mard⁠/)
      • Persian: گبر (gabr) (see there for further descendants)

See also

References

  1. ^ Asatrian, G. (2011). Iran & the Caucasus, 15(1/2), 326-330. Retrieved October 16, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41430901
  • “gbr”, 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 41b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 59b
  • 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, pages 202a–b
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