ܓܪܓܫܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Dissimilated from older Aramaic *ܓܫܓܝܫܬܐ (gašgīštā), from the root ܓ-ܫ-ܓ-ܫ (ɡ-š-ɡ-š), related to feeling; compare Mishnaic Hebrew גַּרְגֵּשׁ (gargēš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡarˈɡɛʃ.tɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡar.ɡ(ə.)ˈʃɑ.θɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܓܪܓܫܬܐ • (gargeštā) f (plural ܓܪܓܫܬܐ)

1. lump of clay, earth

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܪܓܫܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܓܪܓܫܐ		1st person	ܓܪܓܫܬܝ		ܓܪܓܫܬܢ
	construct	ܓܪܓܫܬ		2nd person	ܓܪܓܫܬܟ	ܓܪܓܫܬܟܝ	ܓܪܓܫܬܟܘܢ	ܓܪܓܫܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܪܓܫܬܐ		3rd person	ܓܪܓܫܬܗ	ܓܪܓܫܬܗ	ܓܪܓܫܬܗܘܢ	ܓܪܓܫܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܓܪܓܫܢ		1st person	ܓܪܓܫܬܢ		ܓܪܓܫܬܢ
	construct	ܓܪܓܫܬ		2nd person	ܓܪܓܫܬܟ	ܓܪܓܫܬܟܝ	ܓܪܓܫܬܟܘܢ	ܓܪܓܫܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܪܓܫܬܐ		3rd person	ܓܪܓܫܬܗ	ܓܪܓܫܬܗ	ܓܪܓܫܬܗܘܢ	ܓܪܓܫܬܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: جِرْجِس (jirjis), قِرْقِس (qirqis)
• → Persian: جرجشت

References

• “grgšh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-15
• 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. 257a