ܓܕܡܐ

See also: ܓܪܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

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

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

Noun

ܓܕܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܕܡܐ)

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

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܕܡܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܓܕܡ		1st person	ܓܕܡܝ		ܓܕܡܢ
	construct	ܓܕܡ		2nd person	ܓܕܡܟ	ܓܕܡܟܝ	ܓܕܡܟܘܢ	ܓܕܡܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܕܡܐ		3rd person	ܓܕܡܗ	ܓܕܡܗ	ܓܕܡܗܘܢ	ܓܕܡܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܓܕܡܝܢ		1st person	ܓܕܡܝ		ܓܕܡܝܢ
	construct	ܓܕܡܝ		2nd person	ܓܕܡܝܟ	ܓܕܡܝܟܝ	ܓܕܡܝܟܘܢ	ܓܕܡܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܕܡܐ		3rd person	ܓܕܡܘܗܝ	ܓܕܡܝܗ	ܓܕܡܝܗܘܢ	ܓܕܡܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• ܓܙܡܐ

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܓܕܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܕܡܐ)

1. pruned branch(es), trimmed foliage

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܕܡܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܓܕܡ		1st person	ܓܕܡܝ		ܓܕܡܢ
	construct	ܓܕܡ		2nd person	ܓܕܡܟ	ܓܕܡܟܝ	ܓܕܡܟܘܢ	ܓܕܡܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܕܡܐ		3rd person	ܓܕܡܗ	ܓܕܡܗ	ܓܕܡܗܘܢ	ܓܕܡܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܓܕܡܝܢ		1st person	ܓܕܡܝ		ܓܕܡܝܢ
	construct	ܓܕܡܝ		2nd person	ܓܕܡܝܟ	ܓܕܡܝܟܝ	ܓܕܡܝܟܘܢ	ܓܕܡܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܕܡܐ		3rd person	ܓܕܡܘܗܝ	ܓܕܡܝܗ	ܓܕܡܝܗܘܢ	ܓܕܡܝܗܝܢ

References

• “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