ܓܙܒܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܓܝܙܒܪܐ

Etymology

From *ܓܢܙܒܪܐ (genzaḇrā), from Old Persian *ganzabarah, from Old Median *ganǰabarah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡezavrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡezavre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܙܒܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܙܒܪܐ)

1. treasurer, steward

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܙܒܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܓܙܒܪ		1st person	ܓܙܒܪܝ		ܓܙܒܪܢ
	construct	ܓܙܒܪ		2nd person	ܓܙܒܪܟ	ܓܙܒܪܟܝ	ܓܙܒܪܟܘܢ	ܓܙܒܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܙܒܪܐ		3rd person	ܓܙܒܪܗ	ܓܙܒܪܗ	ܓܙܒܪܗܘܢ	ܓܙܒܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܓܙܒܪܝܢ		1st person	ܓܙܒܪܝ		ܓܙܒܪܝܢ
	construct	ܓܙܒܪܝ		2nd person	ܓܙܒܪܝܟ	ܓܙܒܪܝܟܝ	ܓܙܒܪܝܟܘܢ	ܓܙܒܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܙܒܪܐ		3rd person	ܓܙܒܪܘܗܝ	ܓܙܒܪܝܗ	ܓܙܒܪܝܗܘܢ	ܓܙܒܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “gzbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-03
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 46a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 67a
• 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, pp. 223b-224a
• Matthew W. Stolper, "Ganzabara", Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 2000, retrieved July 23, 2013.