ܓܨܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately, as Arabic جَصّ (jaṣṣ, “gypsum”) and Middle Persian gc (gač, “gypsum”) > Persian گچ (gač, “gypsum”), from Akkadian 𒅎𒌓 (IM.BABBAR /gaṣṣu/, “gypsum”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܓܨܐ • (gaṣṣā) m(uncountable)
Inflection
[edit] declension of ܓܨܐ
| state | singular (uncountable) |
|---|---|
| absolute | ܓܨ |
| construct | ܓܨ |
| emphatic | ܓܨܐ |
| possessive forms | |
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܓܨܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܓܨܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܓܨܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܓܨܗ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܓܨܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܓܨܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܓܨܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܓܨܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܓܨܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܓܨܗܝܢ |
References
[edit]- “gṣ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-01-07
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 53a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 76b
- 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 254b