Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ܓܢܒܬܐ (gannāḇtāf (plural ܓܢܒܬܐ (gannāḇātā), singular masculine counterpart ܓܢܒܐ (gannāḇā))

  1. thief

Inflection edit

References edit

  • 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