ܓܢܫܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew גִּיד הַנָּשֶׁה (gîḏ hannāšê). The sense of "sciatica" is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ἰσχίᾱς (iskhíās).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɛnnɛʃjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡɛnnɛʃje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܢܫܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܢܫܝܐ)

1. sciatic nerve
2. (by extension) thigh
3. sciatica

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܢܫܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܓܢܫܝ		1st person	ܓܢܫܝܝ		ܓܢܫܝܢ
	construct	ܓܢܫܝ		2nd person	ܓܢܫܝܟ	ܓܢܫܝܟܝ	ܓܢܫܝܟܘܢ	ܓܢܫܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܢܫܝܐ		3rd person	ܓܢܫܝܗ	ܓܢܫܝܗ	ܓܢܫܝܗܘܢ	ܓܢܫܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܓܢܫܝܝܢ		1st person	ܓܢܫܝܝ		ܓܢܫܝܝܢ
	construct	ܓܢܫܝܝ		2nd person	ܓܢܫܝܝܟ	ܓܢܫܝܝܟܝ	ܓܢܫܝܝܟܘܢ	ܓܢܫܝܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܢܫܝܐ		3rd person	ܓܢܫܝܘܗܝ	ܓܢܫܝܝܗ	ܓܢܫܝܝܗܘܢ	ܓܢܫܝܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܟܐܒܐ ܕܓܢܫܝܐ
• ܟܘܒܐ ܓܢܫܝܐ

References

• “gnšy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-21
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 52a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 75a
• 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. 250a