ܓܙܬܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the root ܓ-ܙ-ܙ (ɡ-z-z) related to shearing. Compare Arabic جِزَّة (jizza), Hebrew גִּזָּה (gizzâ) and Akkadian 𒄀𒄑𒍝𒌅 (gi-iz-za-tu /gizzatu/, “shearing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܓܙܬܐ • (gezzəṯā) f (plural ܓܙܐ (gezzē))
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܓܙܐ | 1st person | ܓܙܬܝ | ܓܙܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܙܬ | 2nd person | ܓܙܬܟ | ܓܙܬܟܝ | ܓܙܬܟܝܢ | ܓܙܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܙܬܐ | 3rd person | ܓܙܬܗ | ܓܙܬܗ | ܓܙܬܗܘܢ | ܓܙܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܓܙܝܢ | 1st person | ܓܙܝ | ܓܙܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܙܝ | 2nd person | ܓܙܝܟ | ܓܙܝܟܝ | ܓܙܝܟܘܢ | ܓܙܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܙܐ | 3rd person | ܓܙܘܗܝ | ܓܙܝܗ | ܓܙܝܗܘܢ | ܓܙܝܗܝܢ | ||
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “gzh”, 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 45b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 67a–68a
- 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 227a