ܓܛܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒁍𒁕 (gídda /⁠giṭṭu⁠/, “document or deed written on parchment”), from Sumerian 𒁍𒁕 (gídda). In other Aramaic dialects, a narrowed sense of "writ of divorce" is attested; compare Hebrew גֵּט (gēṭ). Note also Old Armenian կտակ (ktak, “will, testament; covenant”), borrowed from Aramaic via Iranian.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛtˤ.tˤɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɪtˤ.tˤɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛ.tˤo]

Noun

ܓܛܐ • (geṭṭā) m (plural ܓܛܐ (geṭṭē))

1. (law) testament, will, document
2. heritage, succession

Inflection

    inflection of ܓܛܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܓܛ	ܓܛܝܢ
construct	ܓܛ	ܓܛܝ
emphatic	ܓܛܐ	ܓܛܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܓܛܝ	ܓܛܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܓܛܟ	ܓܛܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܓܛܟܝ	ܓܛܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܓܛܗ	ܓܛܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܓܛܗ	ܓܛܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܓܛܢ	ܓܛܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܓܛܟܘܢ	ܓܛܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܓܛܟܝܢ	ܓܛܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܓܛܗܘܢ	ܓܛܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܓܛܗܝܢ	ܓܛܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From Arabic جَظّ (jaẓẓ).

Alternative forms

• ܐܓܛܐ (ʾgṭʾ)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈɡatˤ.tˤɑ], [ˈɡɛtˤ.tˤɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈɡatˤ.tˤɑ], [ˈɡɪtˤ.tˤɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɑ.tˤo], [ˈɡɛ.tˤo]

Noun

ܓܛܐ • (gaṭṭā, geṭṭā) m (plural ܓܛܐ (gaṭṭē, geṭṭā))

1. monorchid, male with only one testicle

Inflection

    inflection of ܓܛܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܓܛ	ܓܛܝܢ
construct	ܓܛ	ܓܛܝ
emphatic	ܓܛܐ	ܓܛܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܓܛܝ	ܓܛܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܓܛܟ	ܓܛܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܓܛܟܝ	ܓܛܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܓܛܗ	ܓܛܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܓܛܗ	ܓܛܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܓܛܢ	ܓܛܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܓܛܟܘܢ	ܓܛܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܓܛܟܝܢ	ܓܛܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܓܛܗܘܢ	ܓܛܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܓܛܗܝܢ	ܓܛܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܓܠܛܐ (gallāṭā)

References

• “gṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-07-26
• “gṭ²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-07-26
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 68a
• Perikhanian, Anahit (1997) Nina Garsoïan, transl., The Book of a Thousand Judgements: A Sasanian Law-book (Persian Heritage Series; 39), Costa Mesa, California and New York: Mazda Publishers in association with Bibliotheca Persica, page 362
• 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 228b