ܓܕܡܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From the root ܓ-ܕ-ܡ (ɡ-d-m) related to cutting off; compare Hebrew גִּזּוּם (gizzûm), Hebrew גדם (gedem). The sense of "apocope" is a calque of Arabic جَزْم (jazm).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)ðɑmɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)ðɑme] (plural)

Noun

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ܓܕܡܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܓܕܡܐ)

  1. hewing off, disjunction, disjointedness
  2. (grammar) shortening, abbreviation, contraction; absolute or construct state
  3. (linguistics, prosody) apocope, apheresis
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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From the root ܓ-ܕ-ܡ (ɡ-d-m) related to cutting off. Compare Hebrew גֶּזֶם (gézem).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡɛðmɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡɛðme] (plural)

Noun

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ܓܕܡܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܓܕܡܐ)

  1. pruned branch(es), trimmed foliage
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References

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  • gdm”, 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 43a
  • 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 206b