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”).
ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ • (garbyā) m (uncountable)
number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
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state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
m | f | ||||||
singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܓܲܪܒܝܝܼ (garbyī) | ܓܲܪܒܝܲܢ (garbyan) | ||
construct | ܓܲܪܒܹܐ (garbē) |
2nd person | ܓܲܪܒܝܘܼܟ݂ (garbyūḵ) |
ܓܲܪܒܝܵܟ݂ܝ (garbyāḵ) |
ܓܲܪܒܝܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (garbyāwḵōn) | ||
emphatic | ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā) |
3rd person | ܓܲܪܒܝܹܗ (garbyēh) |
ܓܲܪܒܝܵܗ̇ (garbyāh) |
ܓܲܪܒܝܗܘܿܢ (garbihōn) |
ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (garbē maˁrḇā) | ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā) | ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (garbē maḏnḥā) |
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā) | ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā) | |
ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (tayman maˁrḇā) | ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā) | ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (tayman maḏnḥā) |
ܓܪܒܝܐ • (transliteration needed) c(uncountable)
state | singular (uncountable) |
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absolute | ܓܪܒܝ |
construct | ܓܪܒܝ |
emphatic | ܓܪܒܝܐ |
possessive forms | |
1st c. sg. (my) | ܓܪܒܝܝ |
2nd m. sg. (your) | ܓܪܒܝܟ |
2nd f. sg. (your) | ܓܪܒܝܟܝ |
3rd m. sg. (his) | ܓܪܒܝܗ |
3rd f. sg. (her) | ܓܪܒܝܗ |
1st c. pl. (our) | ܓܪܒܝܢ |
2nd m. pl. (your) | ܓܪܒܝܟܘܢ |
2nd f. pl. (your) | ܓܪܒܝܟܝܢ |
3rd m. pl. (their) | ܓܪܒܝܗܘܢ |
3rd f. pl. (their) | ܓܪܒܝܗܝܢ |