ܓܢܒܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܓ ܒ ܪ (g b r)
4 terms

Etymology

An intensified form of ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (gaḇrā, man). Compare Arabic جَبَّار (jabbār) and Hebrew גִּבּוֹר (gibbôr).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ɡabbaːraː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ɡabbaːrˤa]

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. strong man
  2. hero, champion

Proper noun

ܓܲܢ݇ܒܵܪܵܐ • (gabbārā) ?

  1. a surname

Classical Syriac

Etymology

An intensified form of ܓܒܪܐ (gaḇrā, man). Compare Arabic جَبَّار (jabbār) and Hebrew גִּבּוֹר (gibbôr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡanbɑrɑ/, [ɡabbɑrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): /ɡanbɑre/, [ɡabbɑre] (plural)

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. strong man
  2. giant
  3. hero, champion

Inflection

Proper noun

ܓܢܒܪܐ • (transliteration needed)

  1. (astronomy) Orion

References

  • gnbr”, 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, 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 245a
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