ܓܘܙܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare the Hebrew גֶּזַע (gézaʿ, “trunk”) and the Arabic جِذْع (jiḏʕ, “trunk”). The sense of "grammatical stem" is a calque of Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡuz.ʕɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈɡuz.ʕe] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܙܥܐ • (gūzʿā) f (plural ܓܘܙܥܐ)

1. trunk, stump
2. rod, staff, stick
   • Peshitta, Jeremiah 48:17:

     ܐܬܕܠܚܿܘܼ ܘܙܥܼܘ ܟܘܠ ܕܚܕܪ̈ܘܗܝ ܘܟܠ ܕܝܕܥܿܝܢ ܫܡܗ ܐܡܼܪܘ܂ ܐܝܟܢܐܼ ܐܬܬܒܪ ܚܘܛܪܐ ܥܫܝܢܐ ܘܓܘܙܥܐ ܕܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ܂

     ʾettəḏallaḥ[ū] wə-zāʿw kōl da-ḥəḏāraw[hī] wə-ḵōl də-yāḏʿīn šəmēh ʾĕmar[ū]: ʾaykannā ʾettəḇar ḥūṭrā ʿaššīnā wə-ḡūzʿā ḏə-ṯešbōḥtā.

     Bemoan and be frightened, all who are around him; and all who know his name, say "how the mighty sceptre and staff of splendour has been broken!".

3. (grammar) stem, root, lemma

Usage notes

This word is rarely masculine.

Inflection

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

    declension of ܓܘܙܥܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܓܙܘܥ	ܓܘܙܥܝܢ
construct	ܓܙܘܥ	ܓܘܙܥܝ
emphatic	ܓܘܙܥܐ	ܓܘܙܥܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܓܘܙܥܝ	ܓܘܙܥܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܓܘܙܥܟ	ܓܘܙܥܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܓܘܙܥܟܝ	ܓܘܙܥܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܓܘܙܥܗ	ܓܘܙܥܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܓܘܙܥܗ	ܓܘܙܥܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܓܘܙܥܢ	ܓܘܙܥܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܓܘܙܥܟܘܢ	ܓܘܙܥܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܓܘܙܥܟܝܢ	ܓܘܙܥܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܓܘܙܥܗܘܢ	ܓܘܙܥܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܓܘܙܥܗܝܢ	ܓܘܙܥܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܓܘܙܥܢܝܐ (gūzʿānāyā)

References

• “gwzˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2015-09-19
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 44b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 63b
• 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. 213a