ܓܒܪܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
| Root |
|---|
| ܓ ܒ ܪ (g b r) |
| 4 terms |
Etymology 1 edit
From Aramaic גַּבְרָא (gaḇrā), from Proto-West Semitic *gabr-; compare Arabic جَبْر (jabr) and Hebrew גֶּבֶר (géver). Doublet of ܓܘܼܪܵܐ (gūrā, “large”).
Pronunciation edit
- (standard) IPA(key): [ɡo.rɑː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ɡoːrˤɑː]
- (Tyari) IPA(key): [ɡaw.rɑː]
- (Urmian) IPA(key): [d͡ʒav.rɑː]
Noun edit
ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ • (gaḇrā) m (plural ܓܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (gaḇrē) or ܓܘܼܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (guḇrē) or ܓܘܼܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (guḇrānē), feminine ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ (baḵtā))
- man (adult human male)
- ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܚܲܟܝܼܡܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܥܲܡ ܥܘܼܬܪܹܗ. ― gaḇrā ḥakīmā ìwā ˁam ˁutrēh. ― He was a wise man with his wealth.
- husband (male spouse)
- ܟܹܐ ܦܵܠܚܹܢ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܥܲܡ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܕܫܲܡܝܼܪܵܡ. ― kē pālḥēn wā ˁam gaḇrā dšamīrām. ― I used to work with Shamiram's husband.
Usage notes edit
The plural ܓܘܼܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (guḇrē) is used for the sense of men while the plural ܓܘܼܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (guḇrānē) is used for the sense of husbands.
Inflection edit
Inflection of ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (gaḇrā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܓܲܒ݂ܪܝܼ (gaḇrī) |
ܓܲܒ݂ܪܲܢ (gaḇran) | ||
| construct | ܓܒ݂ܲܪ (gḇar) |
2nd person | ܓܲܒ݂ܪܘܼܟ݂ (gaḇrūḵ) |
ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܟ݂ܝ (gaḇrāḵ) |
ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (gaḇrāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (gaḇrā) |
3rd person | ܓܲܒ݂ܪܹܗ (gaḇrēh) |
ܓܲܒ݂ܪܘܿܗ̇ (gaḇrōh) |
ܓܲܒ݂ܪܗܘܿܢ (gaḇrhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܓܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܝܼ (gaḇrī) |
ܓܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܲܢ (gaḇran) | ||
| construct | ܓܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܲܝ (gaḇray) |
2nd person | ܓܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (gaḇrūḵ) |
ܓܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (gaḇrāḵ) |
ܓܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (gaḇrāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܓܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (gaḇrē) |
3rd person | ܓܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (gaḇrūh) |
ܓܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (gaḇrōh) |
ܓܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܗܘܿܢ (gaḇrhōn) | ||
Coordinate terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Active noun of the verb ܓܵܒ݂ܹܪ (gāḇēr, “to get married”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܓܲܒ݂ܵܪܵܐ • (gaḇārā) m (plural ܓܲܒ݂ܵܪܹ̈ܐ (gaḇārē), feminine ܓܲܒ݂ܵܪܬܵܐ (gaḇārtā))
References edit
- “ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2022 October 11 (last accessed)
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
From the root ܓ-ܒ-ܪ (ɡ-b-r) related to being strong. From Proto-West Semitic *gabr-; compare Aramaic גַּבְרָא (gaḇrā, “man”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܓܒܪܐ • (gaḇrā) m (plural ܓܒܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܢܬܬܐ)
Inflection edit
inflection 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 |
Descendants edit
- → Proto-Kurdish: (“big; chief; elder, senior; grown-up, adult; venerable”)[1]
- → Middle Persian:
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (GBRA /*garbā; mard/)
- Persian: گبر (gabr) (see there for further descendants)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Asatrian, G. (2011). Iran & the Caucasus, 15(1/2), 326-330. Retrieved October 16, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41430901
- “gbr”, 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 41b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 59b
- 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 202a-b