ܓܐܪܐ
Classical Syriac edit
Alternative forms edit
- ܓܪܐ (gērā)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈɡe.rɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈɡe.rɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈɡe.ro]
Noun edit
ܓܐܪܐ • (gērā) m (plural ܓܐܪܐ (gērē))
- (archery) arrow, dart
- Peshitta, Ephesians 6:16:
- ܘܥܡ ܗܠܝܢ ܣܒܘ ܠܟܘܢ ܣܟܪܐ ܕܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ. ܕܒܗܿ ܬܬܡܨܘܢ ܚܝܠܐ ܠܡܕܥܟܘ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܓܐܪ̈ܘܗܝ ܝܩܕ̈ܐ ܕܒܝܫܐ.
- wə-ʿam hālên saḇ[w] ləḵōn sakkərā ḏə-haymānūṯā, də-ḇāh ṯeṯməṣon ḥaylā la-məḏaʿʿāḵū ḵolləhōn gēraw[hy] yāqdē ḏə-ḇīšā
- Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
- Peshitta, Ephesians 6:16:
- sting, spine
- shaft, bolt
- (weather) thunderbolt
- (sewing) dart, gore
Inflection edit
inflection of ܓܐܪܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܓܐܪ | ܓܐܪܝܢ |
| construct | ܓܐܪ | ܓܐܪܝ |
| emphatic | ܓܐܪܐ | ܓܐܪܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܓܐܪܝ | ܓܐܪܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܓܐܪܟ | ܓܐܪܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܓܐܪܟܝ | ܓܐܪܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܓܐܪܗ | ܓܐܪܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܓܐܪܗ | ܓܐܪܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܓܐܪܢ | ܓܐܪܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܓܐܪܟܘܢ | ܓܐܪܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܓܐܪܟܝܢ | ܓܐܪܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܓܐܪܗܘܢ | ܓܐܪܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܓܐܪܗܝܢ | ܓܐܪܝܗܝܢ |
Synonyms edit
- (arrow): ܟܫܛܐ (kəšāṭā)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “gyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-24
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 40b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 58a
- 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 198a-b