ܓܪܒܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
From Aramaic גַרבְּיָא (garbəyā), from Akkadian gallābu šamê (gallābu šamê, “North wind”, literally “Barber of the sky”), in Mesopotamian contexts, the reference is usually to “northwest”, i.e., upriver, therefore related to ܓܲܠܵܒ݂ܵܐ (gallāḇā, “dagger”) and ܫܡܲܝܵܐ (šmayyā, “sky”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ • (garbyā) m (uncountable)
- north (compass point, 0° directed toward the North Pole)
- Synonym: ܐܸܣܬܵܢܵܐ (istānā)
- ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܙܘܼܝܵܚܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ ܕܐܲܬܪܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܪܹܝܫܵܐ ܕܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ.
- bit hāwē zuyyāḥā gāw garbyā d-atrā qā rēšā d-šēttā.
- There will be a celebration in the north of the country for the new year.
Inflection edit
Inflection of ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܓܲܪܒܝܝܼ (garbyī) | ܓܲܪܒܝܲܢ (garbyan) | ||
| construct | ܓܲܪܒܹܐ (garbē) |
2nd person | ܓܲܪܒܝܘܼܟ݂ (garbyūḵ) |
ܓܲܪܒܝܵܟ݂ܝ (garbyāḵ) |
ܓܲܪܒܝܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (garbyāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā) |
3rd person | ܓܲܪܒܝܹܗ (garbyēh) |
ܓܲܪܒܝܵܗ̇ (garbyāh) |
ܓܲܪܒܝܗܘܿܢ (garbihōn) | ||
Coordinate terms edit
- (compass points) ܦܸܢܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܫܸܪ̈ܫܵܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (pinyāṯē širšānāyāṯē);
| ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (garbē maˁrḇā) | ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā) | ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (garbē maḏnḥā) |
| ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā) | 
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ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā) |
| ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (tayman maˁrḇā) | ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā) | ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (tayman maḏnḥā) |
Derived terms edit
- ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐܝܼܬ (garbyāˀīt, “northerly”)
- ܓܲܪܒܝܵܝܵܐ (garbyāyā, “northern”)
- ܓܲܪܒܝܵܝܵܘܼܬܵܐ (garbyāyāūtā, “northernness”)
- ܦܵܘܚܵܐ ܕܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (pāwḥā dgarbyā, “north wind”)
- ܩܘܼܛܒܵܐ ܓܲܪܒܝܵܝܵܐ (quṭbā garbyāyā, “north pole”)
Classical Syriac edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܓܪܒܝܐ • (transliteration needed) c (uncountable)
- north wind
- north
- Synonym: ܐܣܬܢܐ
Inflection edit
declension of ܓܪܒܝܐ
| state | singular (uncountable) |
|---|---|
| absolute | ܓܪܒܝ |
| construct | ܓܪܒܝ |
| emphatic | ܓܪܒܝܐ |
| possessive forms | |
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܓܪܒܝܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܓܪܒܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܓܪܒܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܓܪܒܝܗ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܓܪܒܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܓܪܒܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܓܪܒܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܓܪܒܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܓܪܒܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܓܪܒܝܗܝܢ |
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Arabic: جَرْبِيَاء (jarbiyāʔ)
References edit
- “grby”, 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, p. 53b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 77a
- 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, p. 255b