ܓܛܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒁍𒁕 (gídda /⁠giṭṭu⁠/, “document or deed written on parchment”), from Sumerian 𒁍𒁕 (gídda). In other Aramaic dialects, a narrowed sense of "writ of divorce" is attested; compare Hebrew גֵּט (gēṭ). Note also Old Armenian կտակ (ktak, “will, testament; covenant”), borrowed from Aramaic via Iranian.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛtˤ.tˤɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɪtˤ.tˤɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛ.tˤo]

Noun

ܓܛܐ • (geṭṭā) m (plural ܓܛܐ (geṭṭē))

1. (law) testament, will, document
2. heritage, succession

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܛܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܓܛ		1st person	ܓܛܝ		ܓܛܢ
	construct	ܓܛ		2nd person	ܓܛܟ	ܓܛܟܝ	ܓܛܟܘܢ	ܓܛܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܛܐ		3rd person	ܓܛܗ	ܓܛܗ	ܓܛܗܘܢ	ܓܛܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܓܛܝܢ		1st person	ܓܛܝ		ܓܛܝܢ
	construct	ܓܛܝ		2nd person	ܓܛܝܟ	ܓܛܝܟܝ	ܓܛܝܟܘܢ	ܓܛܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܛܐ		3rd person	ܓܛܘܗܝ	ܓܛܝܗ	ܓܛܝܗܘܢ	ܓܛܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From Arabic جَظّ (jaẓẓ).

Alternative forms

• ܐܓܛܐ (ʾgṭʾ)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈɡatˤ.tˤɑ], [ˈɡɛtˤ.tˤɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈɡatˤ.tˤɑ], [ˈɡɪtˤ.tˤɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɑ.tˤo], [ˈɡɛ.tˤo]

Noun

ܓܛܐ • (gaṭṭā, geṭṭā) m (plural ܓܛܐ (gaṭṭē, geṭṭā))

1. monorchid, male with only one testicle

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܛܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܓܛ		1st person	ܓܛܝ		ܓܛܢ
	construct	ܓܛ		2nd person	ܓܛܟ	ܓܛܟܝ	ܓܛܟܘܢ	ܓܛܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܛܐ		3rd person	ܓܛܗ	ܓܛܗ	ܓܛܗܘܢ	ܓܛܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܓܛܝܢ		1st person	ܓܛܝ		ܓܛܝܢ
	construct	ܓܛܝ		2nd person	ܓܛܝܟ	ܓܛܝܟܝ	ܓܛܝܟܘܢ	ܓܛܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܛܐ		3rd person	ܓܛܘܗܝ	ܓܛܝܗ	ܓܛܝܗܘܢ	ܓܛܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܓܠܛܐ (gallāṭā)

References

• “gṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-07-26
• “gṭ²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-07-26
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 68a
• Perikhanian, Anahit (1997) Nina Garsoïan, transl., The Book of a Thousand Judgements: A Sasanian Law-book (Persian Heritage Series; 39), Costa Mesa, California and New York: Mazda Publishers in association with Bibliotheca Persica, page 362
• 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 228b