ܓܠܕܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gild-; compare Akkadian 𒋢𒄀𒅋𒁺 (/⁠gildu⁠/), Arabic جِلْد (jild), and Hebrew גֶּלֶד (géleḏ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɛldɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡɛlde(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܓܠܕܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܠܕܐ)

1. (anatomy) skin
2. hide, leather

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܠܕܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܓܠܕ		1st person	ܓܠܕܝ		ܓܠܕܢ
	construct	ܓܠܕ		2nd person	ܓܠܕܟ	ܓܠܕܟܝ	ܓܠܕܟܘܢ	ܓܠܕܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܠܕܐ		3rd person	ܓܠܕܗ	ܓܠܕܗ	ܓܠܕܗܘܢ	ܓܠܕܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܓܠܕܝܢ		1st person	ܓܠܕܝ		ܓܠܕܝܢ
	construct	ܓܠܕܝ		2nd person	ܓܠܕܝܟ	ܓܠܕܝܟܝ	ܓܠܕܝܟܘܢ	ܓܠܕܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܠܕܐ		3rd person	ܓܠܕܘܗܝ	ܓܠܕܝܗ	ܓܠܕܝܗܘܢ	ܓܠܕܝܗܝܢ

References

• “gld”, 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. 48b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 70a
• 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. 233a

Turoyo

Etymology

From the older form ܓܶܠܕܐ (geldo). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gild-.

Noun

ܓܰܠܕܳܐ • (galdo) m

1. (anatomy) skin