ܓܝܒܐ

Phono-semantic matching of Arabic جَيْب (jayb), itself from a semantic evolution of either ܓܰܒܴ݁ܐ (gabbā, “side, flank”), ܓܘܒܐ (gubbā, “cistern”) or Classical Syriac ܓܰܝܒ݁ܳܐ (gaybā, “temple, vaulted chamber”). If from this then from Akkadian 𒁺𒁍 (gub-bu /⁠gubbû⁠/, “reservoir, cistern”), and ultimately from Sumerian 𒀀𒇷𒁀 (a-gub₂-ba /⁠agubbû⁠/, “a basin for lustration water”), Sumerian 𒇷 (gub₂, “to bathe”).

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  Homophone: ܓܹܒܵܐ (gēbā, “side”)

ܓܲܝܒܵܐ • (gaybā) m sg (plural ܓܲܝ̈ܒܹܐ (gaybē))

1. opening in a garment
2. pocket, pouch

• ܓܲܝܒܵܝܵܐ (gaybāyā)

Unknown, possibly a variant of ܓܒܐ (gabbā, “side, flank”), of ܓܘܒܐ (gubbā, “cistern”), or from Akkadian 𒁺𒁍 (gub-bu /⁠gubbû; agubbû, egubbû⁠/, “reservoir, cistern”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒀀𒇷𒁀 (a-gub₂-ba /⁠agubbû⁠/, “a basin for lustration water”), Sumerian 𒇷 (gub₂, “to bathe”). Compare also Middle Persian (kwp /⁠kōf⁠/, “mountain, hill; hump, dome-shape”).

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ܓܝܒܐ • (gaybā, gayḇā) m (plural ܓܝܒܐ (gaybē, gayḇē))

1. (architecture) vault
2. temple, shrine, sanctuary

• ܒܝܬ ܓܝܒܐ

• “gyb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 112a
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 47a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 68a
• 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 228a