ܓܘܙܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare the Hebrew גֶּזַע (gézaʿ, “trunk”) and the Arabic جِذْع (jiḏʕ, “trunk”). The sense of "grammatical stem" is a calque of Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡuz.ʕɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈɡuz.ʕe] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܙܥܐ • (gūzʿā) f (plural ܓܘܙܥܐ)

1. trunk, stump
2. rod, staff, stick

   Synonym: ܫܒܛܐ

   • Peshitta, Jeremiah 48:17:

     ܐܬܕܠܚܿܘܼ ܘܙܥܼܘ ܟܘܠ ܕܚܕܪ̈ܘܗܝ ܘܟܠ ܕܝܕܥܿܝܢ ܫܡܗ ܐܡܼܪܘ܂ ܐܝܟܢܐܼ ܐܬܬܒܪ ܚܘܛܪܐ ܥܫܝܢܐ ܘܓܘܙܥܐ ܕܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ܂

     ʾettəḏallaḥ[ū] wə-zāʿw kōl da-ḥəḏāraw[hī] wə-ḵōl də-yāḏʿīn šəmēh ʾĕmar[ū]: ʾaykannā ʾettəḇar ḥūṭrā ʿaššīnā wə-ḡūzʿā ḏə-ṯešbōḥtā.

     Bemoan and be frightened, all who are around him; and all who know his name, say "how the mighty sceptre and staff of splendour has been broken!".

3. (grammar) stem, root, lemma

Usage notes

This word is rarely masculine.

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܘܙܥܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܓܙܘܥ		1st person	ܓܘܙܥܝ		ܓܘܙܥܢ
	construct	ܓܙܘܥ		2nd person	ܓܘܙܥܟ	ܓܘܙܥܟܝ	ܓܘܙܥܟܘܢ	ܓܘܙܥܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܘܙܥܐ		3rd person	ܓܘܙܥܗ	ܓܘܙܥܗ	ܓܘܙܥܗܘܢ	ܓܘܙܥܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܓܘܙܥܝܢ		1st person	ܓܘܙܥܝ		ܓܘܙܥܝܢ
	construct	ܓܘܙܥܝ		2nd person	ܓܘܙܥܝܟ	ܓܘܙܥܝܟܝ	ܓܘܙܥܝܟܘܢ	ܓܘܙܥܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܘܙܥܐ		3rd person	ܓܘܙܥܘܗܝ	ܓܘܙܥܝܗ	ܓܘܙܥܝܗܘܢ	ܓܘܙܥܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܓܘܙܥܢܝܐ (gūzʿānāyā)

References

• “gwzˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2015-09-19
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 44b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 63b
• 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, p. 213a