Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܓ-ܪ-ܣ (ɡ-r-s) related to grinding or mashing.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɡurrɑsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡurrɑse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܓܘܪܣܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܓܘܪܣܐ)

  1. ruin, destruction, breaking up
  2. end of the month

Inflection edit

References edit

  • gwrs”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-03
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 54b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 66a
  • 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. 222a