ܓܘܙܥܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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Compare the Hebrew גֶּזַע (gézaʿ, trunk) and the Arabic جِذْع (jiḏʕ, trunk). The sense of "grammatical stem" is a calque of Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡuz.ʕɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡuz.ʕe] (plural)

Noun

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ܓܘܙܥܐ (gūzʿāf (plural ܓܘܙܥܐ)

  1. trunk, stump
  2. rod, staff, stick
    Synonym: ܫܒܛܐ
    • Peshitta, Jeremiah 48:17:
      ܐܬܕܠܚܿܘܼ ܘܙܥܼܘ ܟܘܠ ܕܚܕܪ̈ܘܗܝ ܘܟܠ ܕܝܕܥܿܝܢ ܫܡܗ ܐܡܼܪܘ܂ ܐܝܟܢܐܼ ܐܬܬܒܪ ܚܘܛܪܐ ܥܫܝܢܐ ܘܓܘܙܥܐ ܕܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ܂
      ʾettəḏallaḥ[ū] wə-zāʿw kōl da-ḥəḏāraw[hī] wə-ḵōl də-yāḏʿīn šəmēh ʾĕmar[ū]: ʾaykannā ʾettəḇar ḥūṭrā ʿaššīnā wə-ḡūzʿā ḏə-ṯešbōḥtā.
      Bemoan and be frightened, all who are around him; and all who know his name, say "how the mighty sceptre and staff of splendour has been broken!".
  3. (grammar) stem, root, lemma

Usage notes

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This word is rarely masculine.

Inflection

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Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

Derived terms

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References

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  • gwzˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2015-09-19
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 44b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 63b
  • 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. 213a