The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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gbr noun pl. construct

pl. גוברין from BA on; emph. also גוברא in JPA, JPAtg, JBA, and LJLA. In Syriac, however, the pl. emph. is always ܓܲܒܪܸ̈ܐ ; in JPAtg any of גַבְרַיָּא ,גָבְרַיָּא , or גוּבְרַיָּא

  1 man Com. --(a) specifically a male as opposed to a female Com. (a.1) especially a virile male Syr. 1 husband Com.
  2 person, someone OfA-Egypt, Qum, PTA, Syr. --(a) as a distributive Qum. (a.1) gbr gbr CPA, LJLA. (a.2) as a non-human Sam. --(b) abs. w. pl. verb : everyone, each OfA-Egypt, JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA.
  3 supernatural being Man.

br noun sg. emphatic

br, brˀ (bar (ber), brā) n.m. son

plural: bnīn (Sam. const. also bārī!); absolute: bar in literary and Eastern dialects, ber in Western. In the plurals of compounds br almost always appears in the plural form itself.

  1 son, child Com. --(a) of an animal Com.
  2 member of the same cohort (see also 'compounds' 3.2) Com. --(a) metaph.: disciple Syr. (a.1) in const. w. PN of a famous person Syr.
  3 in compounds . --(a) literally characterizing a type of child or son . (a.1) a kinship term . (a.2) a type of creature . (a.3) a small version of something . 1 a small object or being found attached to something else . --(b) characterizing individual members of a class or group . (b.1) same X one: someone sharing a characteristic . (b.2) member of a gentilic group . --(c) s.o marked by a particular acquired characteristic or skill . --(d) liable to be acted upon JBA. --(e) unclassified .
  4 in construct with a unit of time to express age Com. --(a) separated from the time unit by a number Syr. --(b) with a unit of measure to express size Syr.