ܓܘܪܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Iranian; compare Persian جوراب (jōrāb) (from Middle Persian *gōrāb). Also compare Arabic جَوْرَب (ǧawrab) and Hebrew גֶּרֶב (géreḇ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡurbɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡurbe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܪܒܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܪܒܐ)

  1. sock, stocking (especially one made from wool)

Inflection

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Descendants

References

  • gwrb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-04
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary : قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 45b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 66a
  • 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. 220a
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