Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܓ-ܕ-ܫ (ɡ-d-š) related to happening. Compare Hebrew גֹּדֶשׁ (gṓḏeš).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡɛðʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡɛðʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܓܕܫܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܓܕܫܐ)

  1. incident, event, achievement
  2. accident, woe
  3. fortune, chance, contingency
  4. (medicine) symptom
  5. heap

Inflection

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References

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  • gdš”, 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, p. 43a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 61b
  • 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. 207b