Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Akkadian 𒃶 (garābu [GAN], mange), Arabic جَرَب (jarab), Hebrew גָּרָב (gārāḇ).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈɡar(ə.)vɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈɡar.wɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈɡɑr.wo]

Noun edit

ܓܪܒܐ (garəḇāc (plural ܓܪܒܐ (garəḇē))

  1. (pathology) leprosy; scabies
  2. moldiness/mouldiness
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

Modified from above.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈɡar.bɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈɡar.bɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈɡɑr.bo]

Noun edit

ܓܪܒܐ (garbām (plural ܓܪܒܐ (garbē))

  1. leper
Inflection edit
Synonyms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Compare Akkadian 𒄖𒊏𒁍 (/⁠gurābu⁠/, bag; bag around a jug), Arabic جِرَاب (jirāb).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ɡ(ə.)ˈrɑ.vɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈɡrɑ.wɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈɡro.wo]

Noun edit

ܓܪܒܐ (gərāḇām (plural ܓܪܒܐ)

  1. jar, jug, bottle, pitcher
  2. well, pit
  3. robe, garment
Inflection edit

References edit

  • grb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-02
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 53b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 255a