ܓܒܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܓ-ܒ-ܪ (IPA: /ɡ-b-r/) related to being strong. Compare Arabic جَبْر (ǧabr) and Hebrew גֶּבֶר (géḇer).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɡavrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA: [ɡavre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܒܪܐ m (emphatic plural ܓܒܪܐ ; singular feminine counterpart ܐܢܬܬܐ)

1. man, husband
2. person, someone

Inflection

    declension of ܓܒܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܓܒܪ	ܓܒܪܝܢ
construct	ܓܒܪ	ܓܒܪܝ
emphatic	ܓܒܪܐ	ܓܒܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܓܒܪܝ	ܓܒܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܓܒܪܟ	ܓܒܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܓܒܪܟܝ	ܓܒܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܓܒܪܗ	ܓܒܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܓܒܪܗ	ܓܒܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܓܒܪܢ	ܓܒܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܓܒܪܟܘܢ	ܓܒܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܓܒܪܟܝܢ	ܓܒܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܓܒܪܗܘܢ	ܓܒܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܓܒܪܗܝܢ	ܓܒܪܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܐܢܫܐ
• ܓܢܒܪܐ

References

• "gbr" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
• Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 41b
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 59b
• Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 202a-b