Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡubbɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡubbe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܒܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܓܘܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܘܒܬܐ)

1. large hole or cavity in the ground either natural or artificial; den, pit, ditch, trench
2. such a hole used for storing liquids; cistern, reservoir, well

Inflection

Descendants

• Old Armenian: գուբ ‎(gub)
  • Armenian: գուբ ‎(gub)

Etymology 2

Possibly related to Persian گنبد ‎(gunbad, “dome”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡuvɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡuve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܒܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܓܘܒܐ)

1. beam, joist, plank, board
2. rafter

Inflection

References

• “gwb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 44a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 62b
• 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. 210b