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]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܓܨ | 1st person | ܓܨܝ | ܓܨܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܨ | 2nd person | ܓܨܟ | ܓܨܟܝ | ܓܨܟܘܢ | ܓܨܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܨܐ | 3rd person | ܓܨܗ | ܓܨܗ | ܓܨܗܘܢ | 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