ܓܘܒܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܓ ܒ ܐ (g b ˀ) |
| 3 terms |
Verbal noun of ܡܓܲܒܹܐ (mgabbē, “to choose,”); compare Hebrew גִּבּוּי (gibúy, “backup, support”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܓܘܼܒܵܝܵܐ • (gubbāyā) m sg (plural ܓܘܼܒܵܝܹ̈ܐ (gūbāyē))
- choice, selection
- collection, extract
- (agriculture) winnowing, cleaning of grain
- (politics, chiefly in the plural) election
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܓܘܼܒܵܝ (gūbāy) | 1st person | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܝܼ (gūbāyī) | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܲܢ (gūbāyan) | |||
| construct | ܓܘܼܒܵܝ (gūbāy) | 2nd person | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (gūbāyōḵ) | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (gūbāyāḵ) | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (gūbāyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܵܐ (gubbāyā) | 3rd person | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܹܗ (gūbāyēh) | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܵܗ̇ (gūbāyāh) | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܗܘܿܢ (gūbāyhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܝܼ̈ܢ (gūbāyīn) | 1st person | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܝܼ̈ (gūbāyī) | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܲܢ̈ (gūbāyan) | |||
| construct | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܲܝ̈ (gūbāyay) | 2nd person | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (gūbāyōḵ) | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (gūbāyāḵ) | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (gūbāyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܹ̈ܐ (gūbāyē) | 3rd person | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܘܼ̈ܗܝ (gūbāyūh) | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (gūbāyōh) | ܓܘܼܒܵܝܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (gūbāyayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܓܘܼܒܵܝܵܐ ܓܵܘܵܢܵܝܵܐ (gubbāyā gāwānāyā, “plebiscite”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܓ ܒ ܐ, related to collecting; compare Hebrew גִּבּוּי (gibbûy).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡubˈbɑ.jɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ɡubˈbɑ.je] (plural)
Noun
ܓܘܒܝܐ • (gūbbāyā) m (plural ܓܘܒܝܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܓܘܒܝ | 1st person | ܓܘܒܝܝ | ܓܘܒܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܘܒܝ | 2nd person | ܓܘܒܝܟ | ܓܘܒܝܟܝ | ܓܘܒܝܟܘܢ | ܓܘܒܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܘܒܝܐ | 3rd person | ܓܘܒܝܗ | ܓܘܒܝܗ | ܓܘܒܝܗܘܢ | ܓܘܒܝܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܓܘܒܝܝܢ | 1st person | ܓܘܒܝܝ | ܓܘܒܝܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܘܒܝܝ | 2nd person | ܓܘܒܝܝܟ | ܓܘܒܝܝܟܝ | ܓܘܒܝܝܟܘܢ | ܓܘܒܝܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܘܒܝܐ | 3rd person | ܓܘܒܝܘܗܝ | ܓܘܒܝܝܗ | ܓܘܒܝܝܗܘܢ | ܓܘܒܝܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “gwby”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 21 October 2018
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 41a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 62b
- 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 210b