Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From ܓܪܡ (g(ə)rem, bone of) + ܚܨܐ (ḥaṣṣā, the back).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)rɛm ħasˤsˤɑ]

Noun edit

ܓܪܡ ܚܨܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܓܪܡܝ ܚܨܐ)

  1. (anatomy) backbone, spine

References edit

  • grm**ḥṣṣˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 78b
  • 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. 261a