ܓܙܘܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܓ-ܙ-ܪ (ɡ-z-r) related to cutting off.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə)zurtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə)zurɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܙܘܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܓܙܘܪܬܐ)

1. cutting off
2. circumcision
3. (anatomy) foreskin, prepuce

   Synonyms: ܓܠܥܬܐ, ܥܘܪܠܘܬܐ

Inflection

    declension of ܓܙܘܪܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܓܙܘܪܐ	ܓܙܘܪܢ
construct	ܓܙܘܪܬ	ܓܙܘܪܬ
emphatic	ܓܙܘܪܬܐ	ܓܙܘܪܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܓܙܘܪܬܝ	ܓܙܘܪܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܓܙܘܪܬܟ	ܓܙܘܪܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܓܙܘܪܬܟܝ	ܓܙܘܪܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܓܙܘܪܬܗ	ܓܙܘܪܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܓܙܘܪܬܗ	ܓܙܘܪܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܓܙܘܪܬܢ	ܓܙܘܪܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܓܙܘܪܬܟܘܢ	ܓܙܘܪܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܓܙܘܪܬܟܝܢ	ܓܙܘܪܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܓܙܘܪܬܗܘܢ	ܓܙܘܪܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܓܙܘܪܬܗܝܢ	ܓܙܘܪܬܗܝܢ

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “circumcision”): ܥܘܪܠܘܬܐ (ʿūrlūṯā)

References

• “gzwrh”, 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, p. 46b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 67a
• 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. 224a