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, page 200a