ܓܪܒܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

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

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ɡar.bəjɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [d͡ʒar.bəjɑː]

Noun

ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ • (garbyā) m (uncountable)

  1. north (compass point, 0° directed toward the North Pole)
    Synonym: ܐܸܣܬܵܢܵܐ (istānā)
    ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܙܘܼܝܵܚܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ ܕܐܲܬܪܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܪܹܝܫܵܐ ܕܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ.
    bit hāwē zuyyāḥā gāw garbyā d-atrā qā rēšā d-šēttā.
    There will be a celebration in the north of the country for the new year.

Inflection

Coordinate terms

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

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡarb(ə)jɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܓܪܒܝܐ • (transliteration needed) c (uncountable)

  1. north wind
  2. north
    Synonym: ܐܣܬܢܐ

Inflection

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, p. 53b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 255b
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