ܓܒܝܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܓ ܒ ܢ (g b n)
2 terms

Inherited from Aramaic [Term?]. Compare Arabic جَبِين (jabīn) and Hebrew גְּבִין (gəḇîn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ɡwiːnaː]

Noun

ܓܒ݂ܝܼܢܵܐ • (gḇīnā) m (plural ܓܒ݂ܝܼܢܹ̈ܐ (gḇīnē) or ܓܒ݂ܝܼܢܵܢܹ̈ܐ (gḇīnānē))

1. (anatomy) eyebrow

   Synonym: ܩܸܓ̰ܪܵܓ̰ܵܐ (qijrājā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܓ-ܒ-ܢ (ɡ-b-n) related to stiffening. Compare Arabic جَبِين (jabīn) and Hebrew גְּבִין (gəḇîn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə)vinɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə)vine] (plural)

Noun

ܓܒܝܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܒܝܢܐ)

1. (anatomy) eyebrow
2. brow, ridge, peak, summit

Inflection

    inflection of ܓܒܝܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܓܒܝܢ	ܓܒܝܢܝܢ
construct	ܓܒܝܢ	ܓܒܝܢܝ
emphatic	ܓܒܝܢܐ	ܓܒܝܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܓܒܝܢܝ	ܓܒܝܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܓܒܝܢܟ	ܓܒܝܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܓܒܝܢܟܝ	ܓܒܝܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܓܒܝܢܗ	ܓܒܝܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܓܒܝܢܗ	ܓܒܝܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܓܒܝܢܢ	ܓܒܝܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܓܒܝܢܟܘܢ	ܓܒܝܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܓܒܝܢܟܝܢ	ܓܒܝܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܓܒܝܢܗܘܢ	ܓܒܝܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܓܒܝܢܗܝܢ	ܓܒܝܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܒܝܬ ܓܒܝܢܐ

References

• “gbyn”, 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 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 200b