ܓܡܘܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܓܡܝܫܐ

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian گاومیش (gâv-mêš), Arabic جَامُوس (jāmūs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɑmoʃɑ], [ɡammoʃɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡɑmoʃe], [ɡammoʃe] (plural)

Noun

ܓܡܘܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܡܘܫܐ)

1. buffalo bull

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܡܘܫܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܓܡܘܫ		1st person	ܓܡܘܫܝ		ܓܡܘܫܢ
	construct	ܓܡܘܫ		2nd person	ܓܡܘܫܟ	ܓܡܘܫܟܝ	ܓܡܘܫܟܘܢ	ܓܡܘܫܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܡܘܫܐ		3rd person	ܓܡܘܫܗ	ܓܡܘܫܗ	ܓܡܘܫܗܘܢ	ܓܡܘܫܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܓܡܘܫܝܢ		1st person	ܓܡܘܫܝ		ܓܡܘܫܝܢ
	construct	ܓܡܘܫܝ		2nd person	ܓܡܘܫܝܟ	ܓܡܘܫܝܟܝ	ܓܡܘܫܝܟܘܢ	ܓܡܘܫܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܡܘܫܐ		3rd person	ܓܡܘܫܘܗܝ	ܓܡܘܫܝܗ	ܓܡܘܫܝܗܘܢ	ܓܡܘܫܝܗܝܢ

References

• “gmwšˀ”, 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 50a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 72a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գոմէշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press