ܓܫܘܫܐ
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
From the root ܓ-ܫ-ܫ (ɡ-š-š) related to feeling touch, palpitating. Also present in Hebrew גָּשׁוֹשׁ (gāšṓš). Meanings of spying are well from a Middle Iranian descendant of Proto-Iranian *gáwšah (“ear”); compare Imperial Aramaic 𐡂𐡅𐡔𐡊𐡀 (gwškʾ /*gōšakā/, “a Persian official: spy”) and Old Armenian գուշակ (gušak, “spy”), and Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn, “spy”, literally “eye”) for like transferral of a body parts name to the name of a spy in Semitic.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܓܫܘܫܐ • (gāšōšā) m (plural ܓܫܘܫܐ (gāšōšē), singular feminine counterpart ܓܫܘܫܬܐ (gāšōštā))
Inflection edit
inflection of ܓܫܘܫܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܓܫܘܫ | ܓܫܘܫܝܢ |
| construct | ܓܫܘܫ | ܓܫܘܫܝ |
| emphatic | ܓܫܘܫܐ | ܓܫܘܫܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܓܫܘܫܝ | ܓܫܘܫܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܓܫܘܫܟ | ܓܫܘܫܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܓܫܘܫܟܝ | ܓܫܘܫܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܓܫܘܫܗ | ܓܫܘܫܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܓܫܘܫܗ | ܓܫܘܫܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܓܫܘܫܢ | ܓܫܘܫܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܓܫܘܫܟܘܢ | ܓܫܘܫܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܓܫܘܫܟܝܢ | ܓܫܘܫܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܓܫܘܫܗܘܢ | ܓܫܘܫܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܓܫܘܫܗܝܢ | ܓܫܘܫܝܗܝܢ |
Derived terms edit
- ܓܫܘܫܘܬܐ (gāšōšūṯā)
Descendants edit
- → Arabic: جَاسُوس (jāsūs)
References edit
- “gšwš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Asatrian, Mushegh (2006) “Iranian Elements in Arabic: The State of Research”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 10, number 1, page 87
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 55a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 79b
- 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, pages 264b-265a