ܓܪܒܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic גַרבְּיָא (garbəyā), from Akkadian gallābu šamê (gallābu šamê, “North wind”, literally “Barber of the sky”), in Mesopotamian contexts, the reference is usually to “northwest”, i.e., upriver, therefore related to ܓܲܠܵܒ݂ܵܐ (gallāḇā, “dagger”) and ܫܡܲܝܵܐ (šmayyā, “sky”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ • (garbyā) m (uncountable)
- north (compass point, 0° directed toward the North Pole)
- Synonym: ܐܸܣܬܵܢܵܐ (istānā)
- ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܙܘܼܝܵܚܵܐ ܓܲܘ ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ ܕܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܪܹܝܫ ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ.
- bit hāwē zuyyāḥā gaw garbyā d-aṯrā qā rēš šētā.
- There will be a celebration in the north of the country for the new year.
Inflection
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܓܲܪܒܹܐ (garbē) | 1st person | ܓܲܪܒܝܝܼ (garbyī) | ܓܲܪܒܝܲܢ (garbyan) | |||
| construct | ܓܲܪܒܹܐ (garbē) | 2nd person | ܓܲܪܒܝܘܼܟ݂ (garbyōḵ) | ܓܲܪܒܝܵܟ݂ܝ (garbyāḵ) | ܓܲܪܒܝܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (garbyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā) | 3rd person | ܓܲܪܒܝܹܗ (garbyēh) | ܓܲܪܒܝܵܗ̇ (garbyāh) | ܓܲܪܒܝܗܘܿܢ (garbihōn) | |||
Coordinate terms
compass points: ܦܸܢ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܫܸܪ̈ܫܵܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (pinyāṯā širšānāyāṯā): [edit]
| ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (garbē maˁrḇā) | ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā) | ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (garbē maḏnḥā) |
| ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā) | ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā) | |
| ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (tayman maˁrḇā) | ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā) | ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (tayman maḏnḥā) |
Derived terms
- ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐܝܼܬ (garbyāˀīt, “northerly”)
- ܓܲܪܒܝܵܝܵܐ (garbyāyā, “northern”)
- ܓܲܪܒܝܵܝܵܘܼܬܵܐ (garbyāyāūtā, “northernness”)
- ܦܵܘܚܵܐ ܕܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (pāwḥā dgarbyā, “north wind”)
- ܩܘܼܛܒܵܐ ܓܲܪܒܝܵܝܵܐ (quṭbā garbyāyā, “north pole”)
Classical Syriac
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡarb(ə)jɑ]
Noun
ܓܪܒܝܐ • (transliteration needed) c(uncountable)
- north wind
- north
- Synonym: ܐܣܬܢܐ
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܓܪܒܝ | 1st person | ܓܪܒܝܝ | ܓܪܒܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܪܒܝ | 2nd person | ܓܪܒܝܟ | ܓܪܒܝܟܝ | ܓܪܒܝܟܘܢ | ܓܪܒܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܪܒܝܐ | 3rd person | ܓܪܒܝܗ | ܓܪܒܝܗ | ܓܪܒܝܗܘܢ | ܓܪܒܝܗܝܢ | ||
Antonyms
Derived terms
- ܓܪܒܝܝ
- ܓܪܒܝܝܘܬܐ
Descendants
- → Arabic: جَرْبِيَاء (jarbiyāʔ)
References
- “grby”, 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 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, →ISBN, page 255b