The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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gwlglh noun sg. abs. or construct

Sam. גלגלה ; CPA ܓܘܠܓܘܠܐ

1 skull JLAtg, Gal, CPA, JBA.
2 לגולגלה , לכל גולגלה : per head, per person JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, LJLA. --(a) ellipt. : head tax Gal, JBA.

gbr noun sg. abs. or construct

gbr, gbrˀ (gḇar, gaḇrā/guḇrā) n.m. man

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.