ܓܒܐ

From Aramaic גְּבָא (gəḇā, “to collect”); cognate to Arabic جَبَى (jabā), Hebrew גָּבָה (gavá).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ɡɑːveː], [ɡɑːweː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːbeː]

ܓܵܒ݂ܹܐ • (gāḇē) (present participle ܓܒ݂ܵܝܵܐ (gḇāyā), past participle ܓܸܒ݂ܝܵܐ (giḇyā))

1. to collect
2. to choose, select
3. to beg for money, food, etc.

From Aramaic גַּבָּא (gabbā), from Proto-Semitic *ganb-; compare Hebrew גַּב (gab) and Arabic جَنْب (janb). The second noun is developed from ikts derived preposition ܓܹܢ݇ܒ (gēb, “next to, with”).

• ܓܲܒܵܐ:
  • (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈɡab.bɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒab.bɑː]
• ܓܹܒܵܐ:
  • (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈɡeːbɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒeːbɑː]

ܓܲܒܵܐ • (gabbā) m (plural ܓܲܒܹ̈ܐ (gabbē))

1. political party, a side in politics, faction

   ܒܸܬ ܡܓܲܒܹܝܬܘܿܢ ܥܲܠ ܓܲܒܵܐ ܕܦܲܠܵܚܹ̈ܐ ܝܲܢ ܓܲܒܵܐ ܕܩܘܼܛܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ؟

   bit mgabbētōn ˁal gabbā d-pallāḥē yan gabbā d-quṭnāyē?

   Will you vote for the Labor party' or the Republican party?

2. (military) wing
3. hump or back of a camel, mountain, etc.

ܓܹܒܵܐ • (gēbā) m (plural ܓܹܒܹ̈ܐ (gēbē) or ܓܹܒܵܢܹ̈ܐ (gēbānē))

1. side; flank

   ܬܲܪܢܵܓ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ ܥܒ݂ܝܼܪ ܠܵܗ̇ ܒܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܕܡܵܛܝܵܐ ܠܓܹܒܵܐ ܐ݇ܚܹܪ݇ܢܵܐ.

   tarnāḡultā ˁḇīr lāh b-urḥā qā d-māṭyā l-gēbā ḥēnā.

   The hen crossed the road to get to the other side.

2. edge; end

From the root ܓ-ܒ-ܐ (ɡ-b-ʾ) related to collecting; compare Arabic جَبَى (jabā), Hebrew גָּבָה (gāḇâ).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈɡ(ə.)vɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈɡwɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈɡwo]

ܓܒܐ • (gəḇā) (imperfect ܢܓܒܐ (neḡbē), infinitive ܡܓܒܐ (meḡbā)) (peal construction)

1. to collect
2. to tax, exact tribute
3. to demand, charge a price
4. to choose, select, elect, approve, appoint
5. (with ܡܢ (men)) to prefer
6. to judge

• “gby”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-03-20
• 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 58b
• 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 199a-b

From Proto-Semitic *ganb-.

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈɡab.bɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈɡab.bɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɑ.bo]

ܓܒܐ • (gabbā) m (plural ܓܒܐ (gabbē))

1. side, flank
2. edge, end
3. faction, a side in politics or ideology, political party in the informal sense
4. spoke of a wheel
5. riverbank
6. (military) wing
7. hump or back of a camel, mountain, etc.
8. place, country

• “gb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2020-08-08
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 123b
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 51a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 58a-b
• 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 198b