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b_ p02
gb noun sg. emphatic
1 side, flank: an edge that rises or stands out Com.
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--(a) for use as a prep. see s.v. gb, gby prep. Com.
--(b) bank of a body of water Syr.
--(c) of an object with more than two sides Syr.
(c.1) the sides, prow, or stern of a boat Syr.
(c.2) all 'sides' of a sphere or circle, but also 'hemisphere' or 'semicircle' Syr.
--(d) wing of an army Syr, CGMagic.
--(e) fig.: .
(e.1) people on opposite sides of something Syr.
1 faction, dissenting group Syr.
2 w. ܩܘܡ, ܐܩܝܡ : to stand up to a challenge Syr.
3 with verbs of movement or position: to take the opposite side Syr.
(e.2) region Syr.
--(f) direction that a side faces Palm, Syr.
2 (anat.) back, upper-flank OfA-Frah, JBA, Man, LJLA.
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--(a) fig.: top JBA, JBAg.
--(b) eyebrow Sam, Man.
--(c) body Sam, JBA.
--(d) (of a camel) hump Syr.
--(e) of a mountain Syr.
3 in compounds with prepositions: see s.vv. lgby, ˁl gb Com.
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--(a) ܠܚܕ ܓܒ : privately Syr.
--(b) ܡܢ ܓܒ ܐܚܪܝܢ : on the other side Syr.
