ܓܒܪܘܬܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From ܓܒܪܐ (gaḇrā, “man”) + -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā, abstract noun ending). Compare Hebrew גַּבְרוּת (gaḇrûṯ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡavruθɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)varwɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܓܒܪܘܬܐ • (gaḇrūṯā) f (plural ܓܒܪܘܬܐ)
- power, force, vigour
- manhood, manliness, virility
- (anatomy) male genitals
- (in the plural) prodigies, amazing deeds
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܓܒܪܘ | 1st person | ܓܒܪܘܬܝ | ܓܒܪܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܒܪܘܬ | 2nd person | ܓܒܪܘܬܟ | ܓܒܪܘܬܟܝ | ܓܒܪܘܬܟܘܢ | ܓܒܪܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܒܪܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܓܒܪܘܬܗ | ܓܒܪܘܬܗ | ܓܒܪܘܬܗܘܢ | ܓܒܪܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܓܒܪܘܢ | 1st person | ܓܒܪܘܬܝ | ܓܒܪܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܒܪܘܬ | 2nd person | ܓܒܪܘܬܟ | ܓܒܪܘܬܟܝ | ܓܒܪܘܬܟܘܢ | ܓܒܪܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܒܪܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܓܒܪܘܬܗ | ܓܒܪܘܬܗ | ܓܒܪܘܬܗܘܢ | ܓܒܪܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “gbrw”, 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 42a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 59b–60a
- 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, page 202b