ܓܕܝܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə.)ˈði.ʃɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə.)ˈði.ʃe] (plural)

Etymology 1

From the root ܓ-ܕ-ܫ (ɡ-d-š), related to heaping; compare Arabic كَدِيس (kadīs), Hebrew גָּדִישׁ (gāḏîš).

Noun

ܓܕܝܫܐ • (gəḏīšā) m (plural ܓܕܝܫܐ)

1. heap, pile, sheaf, stock
2. hayloft

Inflection

    inflection of ܓܕܝܫܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܓܕܝܫ	ܓܕܝܫܝܢ
construct	ܓܕܝܫ	ܓܕܝܫܝ
emphatic	ܓܕܝܫܐ	ܓܕܝܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܓܕܝܫܝ	ܓܕܝܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܓܕܝܫܟ	ܓܕܝܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܓܕܝܫܟܝ	ܓܕܝܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܓܕܝܫܗ	ܓܕܝܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܓܕܝܫܗ	ܓܕܝܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܓܕܝܫܢ	ܓܕܝܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܓܕܝܫܟܘܢ	ܓܕܝܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܓܕܝܫܟܝܢ	ܓܕܝܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܓܕܝܫܗܘܢ	ܓܕܝܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܓܕܝܫܗܝܢ	ܓܕܝܫܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Northern Kurdish: gidîş
• → Old Armenian: գադիշ (gadiš)

Etymology 2

From the root ܓ-ܕ-ܫ (ɡ-d-š), related to happening.

Noun

ܓܕܝܫܐ • (gəḏīšā) m (plural ܓܕܝܫܐ)

1. chance, randomness

Inflection

    inflection of ܓܕܝܫܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܓܕܝܫ	ܓܕܝܫܝܢ
construct	ܓܕܝܫ	ܓܕܝܫܝ
emphatic	ܓܕܝܫܐ	ܓܕܝܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܓܕܝܫܝ	ܓܕܝܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܓܕܝܫܟ	ܓܕܝܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܓܕܝܫܟܝ	ܓܕܝܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܓܕܝܫܗ	ܓܕܝܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܓܕܝܫܗ	ܓܕܝܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܓܕܝܫܢ	ܓܕܝܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܓܕܝܫܟܘܢ	ܓܕܝܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܓܕܝܫܟܝܢ	ܓܕܝܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܓܕܝܫܗܘܢ	ܓܕܝܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܓܕܝܫܗܝܢ	ܓܕܝܫܝܗܝܢ

References

• “gdyš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-16
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 43b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 60b
• 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. 205b