ܓܢܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܓ-ܢ-ܒ (ɡ-n-b) related to stealing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡannɑvtɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡannɑvɑθɑ] (in the plural)

Noun

ܓܢܒܬܐ • (gannāḇtā) f (plural ܓܢܒܬܐ (gannāḇātā), singular masculine counterpart ܓܢܒܐ (gannāḇā))

1. thief

Inflection

    declension of ܓܢܒܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܓܢܒܐ	ܓܢܒܢ
construct	ܓܢܒܬ	ܓܢܒܬ
emphatic	ܓܢܒܬܐ	ܓܢܒܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܓܢܒܬܝ	ܓܢܒܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܓܢܒܬܟ	ܓܢܒܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܓܢܒܬܟܝ	ܓܢܒܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܓܢܒܬܗ	ܓܢܒܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܓܢܒܬܗ	ܓܢܒܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܓܢܒܬܢ	ܓܢܒܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܓܢܒܬܟܘܢ	ܓܢܒܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܓܢܒܬܟܝܢ	ܓܢܒܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܓܢܒܬܗܘܢ	ܓܢܒܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܓܢܒܬܗܝܢ	ܓܢܒܬܗܝܢ

References

• “gnbh”, 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