Classical Syriac edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately, as Arabic جَصّ (jaṣṣ, gypsum) and Middle Persian gc (gač, gypsum) > Persian گچ (gač, gypsum), from Akkadian 𒅎𒌓 (IM.BABBAR /⁠gaṣṣu⁠/, gypsum).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɡasˤsˤɑ(ʔ)], [ɡɛsˤsˤɑ(ʔ)]

Noun edit

ܓܨܐ (gaṣṣā) m (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) gypsum, chalk, lime
  2. mortar, plaster

Inflection edit

References edit

  • gṣ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-01-07
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 53a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 76b
  • 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, page 254b