ܓܘܠܒܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain; compare Arabic جُلُّبَان (jullubān), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic גּוּלְבָּא (gûlbâ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡul.bɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡul.be] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܓܘܠܒܐ (gūlbām (plural ܓܘܠܒܐ)

  1. pea
  2. emmer

Inflection[edit]

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

References[edit]

  • gwlb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-14
  • Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 69b
  • 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. 215a