ܓܘܡܨܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew גּוּמָּץ (gûmmāṣ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ɡumˈmɑ.sˤɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ɡumˈmɑ.sˤɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ɡuˈmo.sˤo]

Noun

ܓܘܡܨܐ • (gūmmāṣā) m (plural ܓܘܡܨܐ (gūmmāṣē))

1. pit, ditch, depth
   • Peshitta, Matthew 15:14:

     ܫܒܘܩܘ ܠܗܘܢ. ܣܡܝ̈ܐ ܐܢܘܢ ܢܓܘܕ̈ܐ ܕܣ̈ܡܝܐ. ܣܡܝܐ ܕܝܢ ܠܣܡܝܐ ܐܢ ܢܕܒܪ: ܬܪܝܗܘܢ. ܒܓܘܡܨܐ ܢܦܠܝܢ.

     šəḇoq[w] ləhōn: səmayyā ʾennōn nāḡōḏē ḏa-səmayyā. samyā ḏên lə-samyā ʾen neḏbar, bə-ḡūmmāṣā nāp̄līn.

     Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

2. (horticulture) trench for planting trees
3. (figuratively) pitfall

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܘܡܨܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܓܘܡܨ		1st person	ܓܘܡܨܝ		ܓܘܡܨܢ
	construct	ܓܘܡܨ		2nd person	ܓܘܡܨܟ	ܓܘܡܨܟܝ	ܓܘܡܨܟܘܢ	ܓܘܡܨܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܘܡܨܐ		3rd person	ܓܘܡܨܗ	ܓܘܡܨܗ	ܓܘܡܨܗܘܢ	ܓܘܡܨܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܓܘܡܨܝܢ		1st person	ܓܘܡܨܝ		ܓܘܡܨܝܢ
	construct	ܓܘܡܨܝ		2nd person	ܓܘܡܨܝܟ	ܓܘܡܨܝܟܝ	ܓܘܡܨܝܟܘܢ	ܓܘܡܨܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܘܡܨܐ		3rd person	ܓܘܡܨܘܗܝ	ܓܘܡܨܝܗ	ܓܘܡܨܝܗܘܢ	ܓܘܡܨܝܗܝܢ

References

• “gwmṣ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-06
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 49b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 64b
• 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 216a-b