ܓܝܗܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܓܗܢܐ
• ܓܝܢܐ

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek γέεννα (géenna) with the addition of the "h" from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew גֵּיהִנֹּם (gêhinnōm), from גֵּיא הִנֹּם (gêʾ Hinnōm, “valley of Hinnom”). Compare Arabic جَهَنَّم (ǧahannam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡe(j)hannɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܓܝܗܢܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܓܝܗܢܘܣ or ܓܝܗܢܐܣ)

1. hell

Proper noun

ܓܝܗܢܐ • (transliteration needed) f

1. (Christianity, Judaism) Gehenna, Hell

Antonyms

• ܫܡܝܐ

See also

• ܫܝܘܠ

References

• “gyhnˀ”, 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 405b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 62a, 68b
• 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 229a