Classical Syriac

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From *ܓܢܙܒܪܐ (genzaḇrā), from Old Persian *ganzabarah, from Old Median *ganǰabarah.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡezavrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡezavre] (plural)

Noun

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ܓܙܒܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܓܙܒܪܐ)

  1. treasurer, steward

Inflection

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Inflection of ܓܙܒܪܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܓܙܒܪ 1st person ܓܙܒܪܝ ܓܙܒܪܢ
construct ܓܙܒܪ 2nd person ܓܙܒܪܟ ܓܙܒܪܟܝ ܓܙܒܪܟܘܢ ܓܙܒܪܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܙܒܪܐ 3rd person ܓܙܒܪܗ ܓܙܒܪܗ ܓܙܒܪܗܘܢ ܓܙܒܪܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܓܙܒܪܝܢ 1st person ܓܙܒܪܝ ܓܙܒܪܝܢ
construct ܓܙܒܪܝ 2nd person ܓܙܒܪܝܟ ܓܙܒܪܝܟܝ ܓܙܒܪܝܟܘܢ ܓܙܒܪܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܙܒܪܐ 3rd person ܓܙܒܪܘܗܝ ܓܙܒܪܝܗ ܓܙܒܪܝܗܘܢ ܓܙܒܪܝܗܝܢ

References

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  • gzbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-03
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 46a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 67a
  • 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, →ISBN, pages 223b–224a
  • Matthew W. Stolper, "Ganzabara", Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 2000, retrieved July 23, 2013.