# ܓܒܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

From Aramaic גְּבָא (gəḇā, “to collect”); cognate to Arabic جَبَى (jabā) and Hebrew גָּבָה (gavá).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [ɡɑːveː], [ɡɑːweː]
* (Urmia) IPA: [d͡ʒɑːweː]

#### Verb

ܓܵܒ݂ܹܐ • (gāḇē)
* to collect debts; to demand, charge
* to beg for money, food, etc.
* to choose, select

##### Conjugation

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##### Derived terms

* ܡܓܲܒܹܐ (mgabbē)

### Etymology 2

From Aramaic גַּבָּא (gabbā), from Proto-Semitic *ganb-; compare Hebrew גַּב (gav) and Arabic جَنْب (janb). The second noun is developed from the first noun’s derived preposition ܓܹܢ݇ܒ (gēb, “next to, with”).

#### Pronunciation

* ܓܲܒܵܐ:
** (Standard) IPA: [ˈɡab.bɑː]
** (Urmia) IPA: [ˈd͡ʒab.bɑː]
* ܓܹܒܵܐ:
** (Standard) IPA: [ˈɡeːbɑː]
** (Urmia) IPA: [ˈd͡ʒeːbɑː]

#### Noun

ܓܲܒܵܐ • (gabbā) m (plural ܓܲܒܹ̈ܐ (gabbē))
* hump or back of a camel, mountain, etc.
* (military) wing
* (politics) political party, a side in politics, faction

##### Derived terms

* ܓܲܒ݂ܬܵܐ (gaḇtā, “side”)

#### Noun

ܓܹܒܵܐ • (gēbā) m (plural ܓܹܒܹ̈ܐ (gēbē) or ܓܹܒܵܢܹ̈ܐ (gēbānē))
* side, flank; edge, end
    Synonyms: ܕܸܦܢܵܐ (dipnā), ܣܸܛܪܵܐ (siṭrā)

##### Inflection
## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

Compare Arabic جَبَى (jabā), Hebrew גָּבָה (gāḇâ).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Edessan) IPA: [ˈɡ(ə.)vɑ]
* (Eastern Syriac) IPA: [ˈɡwɑ]
* (Western Syriac) IPA: [ˈɡwo]

#### Verb

ܓܒܐ • (gəḇā) (imperfect ܢܓܒܐ (neḡbē), infinitive ܡܓܒܐ (meḡbā)) (peal construction)
* to collect
* to tax, exact tribute
* to demand, charge a price
* to choose, select, elect, approve, appoint
* (with ܡܢ (men)) to prefer
* to judge

#### References

* “gby”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-03-20
* 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 58b
* 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, pages 199a–b

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ganb-.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Edessan) IPA: [ˈɡab.bɑ]
* (Eastern Syriac) IPA: [ˈɡab.bɑ]
* (Western Syriac) IPA: [ˈɡɑ.bo]

#### Noun

ܓܒܐ • (gabbā) m (plural ܓܒܐ (gabbē))
* side, flank
* edge, end
* faction, a side in politics or ideology, political party in the informal sense
* spoke of a wheel
* riverbank
* (military) wing
* hump or back of a camel, mountain, etc.
* place, country

##### Derived terms

* ܐܩܝܡ ܓܒܐ (ʾaqīm gabbā)
* ܒܪ ܓܒܐ (bar gabbā)
* ܡܢ ܓܢܒ (men ge[n]ḇ)
* ܥܠ ܓܢܒ (ʿal ge[n]ḇ)

#### References

* “gb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2020-08-08
* Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 123b
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 51a
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 58a–b
* 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 198b