ܓܕܡܐ

See also: ܓܪܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܓ-ܕ-ܡ (ɡ-d-m) related to cutting off; compare Hebrew גִּזּוּם (gizzûm), Hebrew גדם (gedem). The sense of "apocope" is a calque of Arabic جَزْم (jazm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə)ðɑmɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə)ðɑme] (plural)

Noun

ܓܕܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܕܡܐ)

1. hewing off, disjunction, disjointedness
2. (grammar) shortening, abbreviation, contraction; absolute or construct state
3. (linguistics, prosody) apocope, apheresis

Inflection

    inflection of ܓܕܡܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܓܕܡ	ܓܕܡܝܢ
construct	ܓܕܡ	ܓܕܡܝ
emphatic	ܓܕܡܐ	ܓܕܡܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܓܕܡܝ	ܓܕܡܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܓܕܡܟ	ܓܕܡܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܓܕܡܟܝ	ܓܕܡܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܓܕܡܗ	ܓܕܡܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܓܕܡܗ	ܓܕܡܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܓܕܡܢ	ܓܕܡܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܓܕܡܟܘܢ	ܓܕܡܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܓܕܡܟܝܢ	ܓܕܡܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܓܕܡܗܘܢ	ܓܕܡܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܓܕܡܗܝܢ	ܓܕܡܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܓ-ܕ-ܡ (ɡ-d-m) related to cutting off. Compare Hebrew גֶּזֶם (gézem).

Alternative forms

• ܓܙܡܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɛðmɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡɛðme] (plural)

Noun

ܓܕܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܕܡܐ)

1. pruned branch(es), trimmed foliage

Inflection

    inflection of ܓܕܡܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܓܕܡ	ܓܕܡܝܢ
construct	ܓܕܡ	ܓܕܡܝ
emphatic	ܓܕܡܐ	ܓܕܡܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܓܕܡܝ	ܓܕܡܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܓܕܡܟ	ܓܕܡܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܓܕܡܟܝ	ܓܕܡܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܓܕܡܗ	ܓܕܡܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܓܕܡܗ	ܓܕܡܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܓܕܡܢ	ܓܕܡܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܓܕܡܟܘܢ	ܓܕܡܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܓܕܡܟܝܢ	ܓܕܡܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܓܕܡܗܘܢ	ܓܕܡܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܓܕܡܗܝܢ	ܓܕܡܝܗܝܢ

References

• “gdm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 43a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 61a
• 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 206b