ܓܕܠܐ

Classical Syriac

FWOTD – 3 August 2016

Etymology

From the root ܓ-ܕ-ܠ (ɡ-d-l) related to twisting. Compare Arabic جَدْل (jadl) and Hebrew גָּדוֹל (gadól).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə)ðɑlɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə)ðɑle] (plural)

Noun

ܓܕܠܐ • (gəḏālā) m (plural ܓܕܠܐ (gəḏālē))

1. plaiting, twining
2. (by extension) anything twisted: garland, wreath, crown; wickerwork
3. monastic garment
4. excessiveness, overfullness

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܕܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܓܕܠ		1st person	ܓܕܠܝ		ܓܕܠܢ
	construct	ܓܕܠ		2nd person	ܓܕܠܟ	ܓܕܠܟܝ	ܓܕܠܟܘܢ	ܓܕܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܕܠܐ		3rd person	ܓܕܠܗ	ܓܕܠܗ	ܓܕܠܗܘܢ	ܓܕܠܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܓܕܠܝܢ		1st person	ܓܕܠܝ		ܓܕܠܝܢ
	construct	ܓܕܠܝ		2nd person	ܓܕܠܝܟ	ܓܕܠܝܟܝ	ܓܕܠܝܟܘܢ	ܓܕܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܕܠܐ		3rd person	ܓܕܠܘܗܝ	ܓܕܠܝܗ	ܓܕܠܝܗܘܢ	ܓܕܠܝܗܝܢ

References

• “gdl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 42b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 61a
• 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 206a