ܓܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܓܒܢܬܐ (uncontracted form)
  • ܓܘܦܬܐ

Etymology

Root
ܓ ܒ ܢ
2 terms

From the earlier uncontracted form ܓܒܢܬܐ (gəḇentā). Compare Arabic جُبْن (jubn) and Hebrew גְּבִינָה (gəḇînâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)vɛttɑ]

Noun

ܓܒܬܐ • (gḇettāf (plural ܓܘܒܢܐ)

  1. cheese
  2. curd

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܒܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܓܒܢܐ 1st person ܓܒܬܝ ܓܒܬܢ
construct ܓܒܢܬ 2nd person ܓܒܬܟ ܓܒܬܟܝ ܓܒܬܟܘܢ ܓܒܬܟܝܢ
emphatic 3rd person ܓܒܬܗ ܓܒܬܗ ܓܒܬܗܘܢ ܓܒܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܓܘܒܢܝܢ 1st person ܓܘܒܢܝ ܓܘܒܢܝܢ
construct ܓܘܒܢܝ 2nd person ܓܘܒܢܝܟ ܓܘܒܢܝܟܝ ܓܘܒܢܝܟܘܢ ܓܘܒܢܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܘܒܢܐ 3rd person ܓܘܒܢܘܗܝ ܓܘܒܢܝܗ ܓܘܒܢܝܗܘܢ ܓܘܒܢܝܗܝܢ

References

  • gwbnh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 31 August 2011
  • 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 60a
  • 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 203a