ܓܘܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܓ ܘ ܐ (g w ˀ)
9 terms

Inherited from Aramaic גַּוָא (gawwā); cognate to Hebrew גֵּו (gev, “torso, trunk”) and Arabic جَوّ (jaww, “air; interior of a house”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ɡawwɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ɡɑːwɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːvɑː]

Noun

ܓܲܘܵܐ • (gawwā) m (plural ܓܲܘܹ̈ܐ (gawwē))

1. inside, indoors
2. midst, core, inner part
3. (anatomy, figurative) belly, innards, viscera

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܲܘܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	ܓܲܘ (gaw)		1st person	ܓܲܘܝܼ (gawī)		ܓܲܘܲܢ (gawwan)
	construct	ܓܲܘ (gaw)		2nd person	ܓܲܘܘܼܟ݂ (gawōḵ)	ܓܲܘܵܟ݂ܝ (gawwāḵ)	ܓܲܘܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (gawwawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܓܲܘܵܐ (gawwā)		3rd person	ܓܲܘܹܗ (gawwēh)	ܓܲܘܵܗ̇ (gawwāh)	ܓܲܘܗܘܿܢ (gawhōn)
plural	absolute	ܓܲܘܝܼ̈ܢ (gawīn)		1st person	ܓܲܘܝܼ̈ (gawī)		ܓܲܘܲܢ̈ (gawwan)
	construct	ܓܲܘܲܝ̈ (gawway)		2nd person	ܓܲܘܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (gawōḵ)	ܓܲܘܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (gawwāḵ)	ܓܲܘܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (gawwawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܓܲܘܹ̈ܐ (gawwē)		3rd person	ܓܲܘܘܼ̈ܗܝ (gawūh)	ܓܲܘܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (gawwōh)	ܓܲܘܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (gawwayhōn)

Antonyms

• ܒܲܪܵܐ (barrā)

Derived terms

• ܓܲܘ (gaw, “in, inside, among”)
• ܓܲܘܵܝܵܐ (gawwāyā, “inner”)
• ܓܲܘܵܢܵܝܵܐ (gawwānāyā, “general”)
• ܠܓܲܘܵܐ (l-gawwā, “inside”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Hebrew גֵּו (gēw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡawwɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡawwe] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܐ)

1. inside, indoors
2. midst, core, inner part
3. (anatomy) belly, innards, viscera
4. body, community, congregation

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܘܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܓܘ		1st person	ܓܘܝ		ܓܘܢ
	construct	ܓܘ		2nd person	ܓܘܟ	ܓܘܟܝ	ܓܘܟܘܢ	ܓܘܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܘܐ		3rd person	ܓܘܗ	ܓܘܗ	ܓܘܗܘܢ	ܓܘܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܓܘܝܢ		1st person	ܓܘܝ		ܓܘܝܢ
	construct	ܓܘܝ		2nd person	ܓܘܝܟ	ܓܘܝܟܝ	ܓܘܝܟܘܢ	ܓܘܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܘܐ		3rd person	ܓܘܘܗܝ	ܓܘܝܗ	ܓܘܝܗܘܢ	ܓܘܝܗܝܢ

Antonyms

• ܒܪܐ

References

• “gw”, 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 43b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 62a–b
• 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, →ISBN, page 210a

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Noun

ܓܰܘܳܐ • (gawo) m

1. (anatomy) belly