ܓܪܓܫܬܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Dissimilated from older Aramaic *ܓܫܓܝܫܬܐ (gašgīštā), from the root ܓ-ܫ-ܓ-ܫ (ɡ-š-ɡ-š), related to feeling; compare Mishnaic Hebrew גַּרְגֵּשׁ (gargēš).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ɡarˈɡɛʃ.tɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡar.ɡ(ə.)ˈʃɑ.θɑ] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܓܪܓܫܬܐ • (gargeštā) f (plural ܓܪܓܫܬܐ)

  1. lump of clay, earth

Inflection[edit]

    declension of ܓܪܓܫܬܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܓܪܓܫܐ ܓܪܓܫܢ
construct ܓܪܓܫܬ ܓܪܓܫܬ
emphatic ܓܪܓܫܬܐ ܓܪܓܫܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܓܪܓܫܬܝ ܓܪܓܫܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܓܪܓܫܬܟ ܓܪܓܫܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܓܪܓܫܬܟܝ ܓܪܓܫܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܓܪܓܫܬܗ ܓܪܓܫܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܓܪܓܫܬܗ ܓܪܓܫܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܓܪܓܫܬܢ ܓܪܓܫܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܓܪܓܫܬܟܘܢ ܓܪܓܫܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܓܪܓܫܬܟܝܢ ܓܪܓܫܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܓܪܓܫܬܗܘܢ ܓܪܓܫܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܓܪܓܫܬܗܝܢ ܓܪܓܫܬܗܝܢ

Descendants[edit]

  • → Arabic: جِرْجِس (jirjis), قِرْقِس (qirqis)
  • → Persian: جرجشت

References[edit]

  • “grgšh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-15
  • 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. 257a
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