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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܓ-ܒ-ܐ (ɡ-b-ʾ) related to collecting. Compare Arabic جَابٍ (jābin) and Hebrew גַּבַּאי (gabbaʾy).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܓܒܝܐ • (gabbāyā) m (plural ܓܒܝܐ (gabbāyē))
- exactor, tax collector
- guard, officer
- usher
Inflection
References
- “gby2”, 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 41a
- 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 200a