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ܓܢܒܘܬܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From ܓܢܒܐ (gannāḇā, thief), from the root ܓ-ܢ-ܒ (ɡ-n-b) related to stealing + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡannɑvuθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡannɑvwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

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ܓܢܒܘܬܐ (gannāḇūṯāf (plural ܓܢܒܘܬܐ (gannāḇwāṯā))

  1. theft, thievery
  2. plunder

Inflection

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Inflection of ܓܢܒܘܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܓܢܒܘ 1st person ܓܢܒܘܬܝ ܓܢܒܘܬܢ
construct ܓܢܒܘܬ 2nd person ܓܢܒܘܬܟ ܓܢܒܘܬܟܝ ܓܢܒܘܬܟܘܢ ܓܢܒܘܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܢܒܘܬܐ 3rd person ܓܢܒܘܬܗ ܓܢܒܘܬܗ ܓܢܒܘܬܗܘܢ ܓܢܒܘܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܓܢܒܘܢ 1st person ܓܢܒܘܬܝ ܓܢܒܘܬܢ
construct ܓܢܒܘܬ 2nd person ܓܢܒܘܬܟ ܓܢܒܘܬܟܝ ܓܢܒܘܬܟܘܢ ܓܢܒܘܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܢܒܘܬܐ 3rd person ܓܢܒܘܬܗ ܓܢܒܘܬܗ ܓܢܒܘܬܗܘܢ ܓܢܒܘܬܗܝܢ

References

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  • gnbw”, 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 51b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 74a
  • 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 244b