ܓܘܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܓܡܐ

Etymology

Possibly from Ancient Greek κύαμος (kúamos). Compare Arabic جَمّ (jamm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡumɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡume] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܡܐ)

1. bean

   Synonym: ܚܒܨܐ

2. kind of grain measure

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܘܡܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܓܘܡ		1st person	ܓܘܡܝ		ܓܘܡܢ
	construct	ܓܘܡ		2nd person	ܓܘܡܟ	ܓܘܡܟܝ	ܓܘܡܟܘܢ	ܓܘܡܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܘܡܐ		3rd person	ܓܘܡܗ	ܓܘܡܗ	ܓܘܡܗܘܢ	ܓܘܡܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܓܘܡܝܢ		1st person	ܓܘܡܝ		ܓܘܡܝܢ
	construct	ܓܘܡܝ		2nd person	ܓܘܡܝܟ	ܓܘܡܝܟܝ	ܓܘܡܝܟܘܢ	ܓܘܡܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܘܡܐ		3rd person	ܓܘܡܘܗܝ	ܓܘܡܝܗ	ܓܘܡܝܗܘܢ	ܓܘܡܝܗܝܢ

References

• “gwm”, 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 45a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 64b
• 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 215b