ܓܪܓܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare the borrowed Arabic جِرْجِس (jirjis).

Alternative forms

• ܓܰܪܓܺܝܣܴܐ (gargīsā), ܓܰܪܓܺܝܨܳܐ (gargīṣā)

Noun

ܓܰܪܓܳܣܴܐ • (gargāsā) m

1. a type of gnats

Etymology 2

Noun

*ܓܰܪܓܳܣܴܐ • (*gargāsā) m

1. Alternative form of ܓܰܪܓܢܳܣܴܐ (gargnāsā, “strawberry tree”)

References

• “grgs”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 131b