ܓܘܡܨܐ
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Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Hebrew גּוּמָּץ (gûmmāṣ).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ɡumˈmɑ.sˤɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ɡumˈmɑ.sˤɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ɡuˈmo.sˤo]
Noun
[edit]ܓܘܡܨܐ • (gūmmāṣā) m (plural ܓܘܡܨܐ (gūmmāṣē))
- 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.
- Peshitta, Matthew 15:14:
- (horticulture) trench for planting trees
- (figuratively) pitfall
Inflection
[edit] inflection of ܓܘܡܨܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܓܘܡܨ | ܓܘܡܨܝܢ |
| construct | ܓܘܡܨ | ܓܘܡܨܝ |
| emphatic | ܓܘܡܨܐ | ܓܘܡܨܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܓܘܡܨܝ | ܓܘܡܨܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܓܘܡܨܟ | ܓܘܡܨܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܓܘܡܨܟܝ | ܓܘܡܨܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܓܘܡܨܗ | ܓܘܡܨܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܓܘܡܨܗ | ܓܘܡܨܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܓܘܡܨܢ | ܓܘܡܨܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܓܘܡܨܟܘܢ | ܓܘܡܨܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܓܘܡܨܟܝܢ | ܓܘܡܨܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܓܘܡܨܗܘܢ | ܓܘܡܨܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܓܘܡܨܗܝܢ | ܓܘܡܨܝܗܝܢ |
References
[edit]- “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