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Root g-n-b

Imperial Aramaic ↔ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —g-n-b↔ g-n-b. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: g-n-b
  • גנבverb• tg. Onk. Deut 24:7
    to steal
  • גנבאnoun• tg. Onk. Exod 22:1
    thief
  • גנבראnoun
    hero, champion
  • גנבתאnoun• tg. Onk. Exod 22:3
    thief
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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii
root: g-n-b
  • ܓܲܒܵܐgabbānoun
    hump or back of a camel, mountain, etc.
  • ܓ̰ܵܠܹܒ݂jālēḇverb
    to kidnap, abduct
  • ܓܵܢܹܒ݂gānēḇverb
    to steal, rob
  • ܓܲܢܵܒ݂ܵܐgannāḇānoun
    thief
  • ܓܘܼܢܒ݂ܵܐgunḇānoun
    theft
  • ܓܹܢ݇ܒgēbnoun
    construct state singular of ܓܲܒܵܐ (gabbā, “party, hump, side”)
  • ܓܹܢ݇ܒgēbprep
    next to, near, towards, by, alongside
  • ܓܵܢܒ݂ܲܬ݂ ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐgānḇaṯ nūnēnoun
    kingfish
Canonical root family: g-n-b