ܓܒܝܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܓ-ܒ-ܢ (ɡ-b-n) related to stiffening. Compare Arabic جَبِين (jabīn) and Hebrew גְּבִין (gəḇîn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)vinɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)vine] (plural)

Noun

ܓܒܝܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܒܝܢܐ)

  1. (anatomy) eyebrow
  2. brow, ridge, peak, summit

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  • gbyn”, 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 41b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 59a
  • 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 200b
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