ܓܝܒܐ

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Unknown, possibly a variant of ܓܒܐ (gabbā, “side, flank”), of ܓܘܒܐ (gubbā, “cistern”), or from Akkadian 𒁺𒁍 (gub-bu /⁠gubbû; agubbû, egubbû⁠/, “reservoir, cistern”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒀀𒇷𒁀 (a-gub₂-ba /⁠agubbû⁠/, “a basin for lustration water”), Sumerian 𒇷 (gub₂, “to bathe”). Compare also Middle Persian [script needed] (kwp /⁠kōf⁠/, “mountain, hill; hump, dome-shape”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ɡajbɑ], [ɡaj(ə)vɑ] (singular)
IPA^(key): [ɡajbe], [ɡaj(ə)ve] (plural)

Noun edit

ܓܝܒܐ • (gaybā, gayḇā) m (plural ܓܝܒܐ (gaybē, gayḇē))

(architecture) vault
temple, shrine, sanctuary

Inflection edit

inflection of ܓܝܒܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܓܝܒ	ܓܝܒܝܢ
construct	ܓܝܒ	ܓܝܒܝ
emphatic	ܓܝܒܐ	ܓܝܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܓܝܒܝ	ܓܝܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܓܝܒܟ	ܓܝܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܓܝܒܟܝ	ܓܝܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܓܝܒܗ	ܓܝܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܓܝܒܗ	ܓܝܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܓܝܒܢ	ܓܝܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܓܝܒܟܘܢ	ܓܝܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܓܝܒܟܝܢ	ܓܝܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܓܝܒܗܘܢ	ܓܝܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܓܝܒܗܝܢ	ܓܝܒܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms edit

ܒܝܬ ܓܝܒܐ

References edit

“gyb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 112a
Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 47a
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 68a
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 228a