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

    declension of ܓܪܓܫܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܓܪܓܫܐ	ܓܪܓܫܢ
construct	ܓܪܓܫܬ	ܓܪܓܫܬ
emphatic	ܓܪܓܫܬܐ	ܓܪܓܫܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܓܪܓܫܬܝ	ܓܪܓܫܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܓܪܓܫܬܟ	ܓܪܓܫܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܓܪܓܫܬܟܝ	ܓܪܓܫܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܓܪܓܫܬܗ	ܓܪܓܫܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܓܪܓܫܬܗ	ܓܪܓܫܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܓܪܓܫܬܢ	ܓܪܓܫܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܓܪܓܫܬܟܘܢ	ܓܪܓܫܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܓܪܓܫܬܟܝܢ	ܓܪܓܫܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܓܪܓܫܬܗܘܢ	ܓܪܓܫܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܓܪܓܫܬܗܝܢ	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