Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܓ-ܚ-ܪ (ɡ-ḥ-r), related to abrading; compare Arabic جُحْر (juḥr), Mishnaic Hebrew גַּחַר (gáḥar).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡuħ.rɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡuħ.re] (plural)

Noun edit

ܓܘܚܪܐ (gūḥrām (plural ܓܘܚܪܐ)

  1. cave, cavern, cleft

Inflection edit

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

References edit

  • gwḥr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-14
  • Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 72b
  • 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. 214a