לגבי

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• גַּבֵּי (gabéi)

Etymology

From לְ־ (l'-) +‎ גַּבֵּי (gabéi); hence literally “to the backs of”. A calque of Aramaic [Term?]. First attested in the Talmud.

Preposition

לְגַבֵּי • (l'gabéi)

1. About, regarding, in connection with, with respect to.

   יש לי כמה שאלות לגבי מה שאמרת. — yésh lí káma sh'elót l'gabéi má she'amárt(a). — I have some questions regarding what you said.

   הוא אופטימי לגבי עתידו. — hú optími l'gabéi atidó. — He is optimistic regarding his future.

Inflection

Inflection table

Non-personal-pronoun-including form				לְגַבֵּי (l'gabéi)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
First person	לגביי / לְגַבַּי (l'gabái)		לְגַבֵּינוּ (l'gabéinu)
Second person	לְגַבֶּיךָ (l'gabéikha)	לגבייך / לְגַבַּיִךְ (l'gabáyikh)	לְגַבַּיכֶם (l'gabeikhém)	לְגַבַּיכֶן (l'gabeikhén)
Third person	לְגַבָּיו (l'gabáv)	לְגַבֶּיהָ (l'gabéiha)	לְגַבַּיהֶם (l'gabeihém)	לְגַבַּיהֶן (l'gabeihén)

References

• “גַּב” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 152.
• “לְגַבֵּי” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 584.