ܓܙܘܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Root
ܓ ܙ ܪ
5 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə)zurtɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə)zurɑθɑ(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܓܙܘܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܓܙܘܪܬܐ)

1. cutting off
2. circumcision
3. (anatomy) foreskin, prepuce

   Synonyms: ܓܠܥܬܐ, ܥܘܪܠܘܬܐ

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܙܘܪܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܓܙܘܪܐ		1st person	ܓܙܘܪܬܝ		ܓܙܘܪܬܢ
	construct	ܓܙܘܪܬ		2nd person	ܓܙܘܪܬܟ	ܓܙܘܪܬܟܝ	ܓܙܘܪܬܟܘܢ	ܓܙܘܪܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܙܘܪܬܐ		3rd person	ܓܙܘܪܬܗ	ܓܙܘܪܬܗ	ܓܙܘܪܬܗܘܢ	ܓܙܘܪܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܓܙܘܪܢ		1st person	ܓܙܘܪܬܢ		ܓܙܘܪܬܢ
	construct	ܓܙܘܪܬ		2nd person	ܓܙܘܪܬܟ	ܓܙܘܪܬܟܝ	ܓܙܘܪܬܟܘܢ	ܓܙܘܪܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܙܘܪܬܐ		3rd person	ܓܙܘܪܬܗ	ܓܙܘܪܬܗ	ܓܙܘܪܬܗܘܢ	ܓܙܘܪܬܗܝܢ

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “circumcision”): ܥܘܪܠܘܬܐ (ʿūrlūṯā)

References

• “gzwrh”, 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, p. 46b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 67a
• 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. 224a