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ܓܘܪܕܡܢܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ɡur.d(ə.)ˈmɑ.nɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ɡurˈdmɑ.nɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ɡurˈdmo.no]

Etymology 1

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Compare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic גּוּנְדְּלָיָא (gundəlāyâ, left-handed person).

Adjective

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ܓܘܼܪܕ݁ܡܵܢܵܐ (gurdəmānām (plural ܓܘܪܕܡܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܘܪܕܡܢܬܐ)

  1. ambidextrous
    Synonym: ܬܪܝܢܝ ܐܝܕܝܐ
    • c. 9th C, Ishoʿ Bar ʿAli, “2814”, in edited by Georg Hoffmann, Syriac-Arabic lexicon[1], part I (in Arabic), Kiel, published 1874, page 100, line 9:
Inflection
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Inflection of ܓܘܪܕܡܢܐ
person singular plural
m f m f
absolute ܓܘܪܕܡܢ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܐ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܝܢ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܢ
construct ܓܘܪܕܡܢ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܬ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܝ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܬ
emphatic ܓܘܪܕܡܢܐ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܬܐ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܐ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܬܐ

Etymology 2

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From Arabic جُذَام (juḏām).

Adjective

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ܓܘܼܪܕ݁ܡܵܢܵܐ (gūrdəmānām (plural ܓܘܪܕܡܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܘܪܕܡܢܬܐ)

  1. (pathology) elephantic, leprous
    • c. 9th C, Ishoʿ Bar ʿAli, “2815”, in edited by Georg Hoffmann, Syriac-Arabic lexicon[2], part I (in Arabic), Kiel, published 1874, page 100, line 10:
Inflection
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Inflection of ܓܘܪܕܡܢܐ
person singular plural
m f m f
absolute ܓܘܪܕܡܢ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܐ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܝܢ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܢ
construct ܓܘܪܕܡܢ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܬ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܝ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܬ
emphatic ܓܘܪܕܡܢܐ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܬܐ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܐ ܓܘܪܕܡܢܬܐ

References

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  • gwrdmn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2022-12-15
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 132
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 66a
  • 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 221a