ܓܘܫܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic جِسْم‏ (ǧism) and Hebrew גֶּשֶׁם‏ (géšem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡuʃmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡuʃme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܫܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܫܡܐ)

1. (anatomy) body
2. (chemistry) solid, substance, matter; metal
3. (linguistics) corpus, text
4. whole
5. collection, ensemble, group
6. organization, community

Inflection

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

    declension of ܓܘܫܡܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܓܫܘܡ	ܓܘܫܡܝܢ
construct	ܓܫܘܡ	ܓܘܫܡܝ
emphatic	ܓܘܫܡܐ	ܓܘܫܡܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܓܘܫܡܝ	ܓܘܫܡܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܓܘܫܡܟ	ܓܘܫܡܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܓܘܫܡܟܝ	ܓܘܫܡܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܓܘܫܡܗ	ܓܘܫܡܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܓܘܫܡܗ	ܓܘܫܡܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܓܘܫܡܢ	ܓܘܫܡܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܓܘܫܡܟܘܢ	ܓܘܫܡܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܓܘܫܡܟܝܢ	ܓܘܫܡܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܓܘܫܡܗܘܢ	ܓܘܫܡܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܓܘܫܡܗܝܢ	ܓܘܫܡܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܦܓܪܐ‏
• ܫܠܕܐ‏

References

• “g$m”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 55b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 66b
• 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, pp. 222b-223a