ܓܘܙܥܐ
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
Compare the Hebrew גֶּזַע (gézaʿ, “trunk”) and the Arabic جِذْع (jiḏʕ, “trunk”). The sense of "grammatical stem" is a calque of Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܓܘܙܥܐ • (gūzʿā) f (plural ܓܘܙܥܐ)
- trunk, stump
- rod, staff, stick
- Synonym: ܫܒܛܐ
- Peshitta, Jeremiah 48:17:
- ܐܬܕܠܚܿܘܼ ܘܙܥܼܘ ܟܘܠ ܕܚܕܪ̈ܘܗܝ ܘܟܠ ܕܝܕܥܿܝܢ ܫܡܗ ܐܡܼܪܘ܂ ܐܝܟܢܐܼ ܐܬܬܒܪ ܚܘܛܪܐ ܥܫܝܢܐ ܘܓܘܙܥܐ ܕܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ܂
- ʾettəḏallaḥ[ū] wə-zāʿw kōl da-ḥəḏāraw[hī] wə-ḵōl də-yāḏʿīn šəmēh ʾĕmar[ū]: ʾaykannā ʾettəḇar ḥūṭrā ʿaššīnā wə-ḡūzʿā ḏə-ṯešbōḥtā.
- Bemoan and be frightened, all who are around him; and all who know his name, say "how the mighty sceptre and staff of splendour has been broken!".
- (grammar) stem, root, lemma
Usage notes edit
This word is rarely masculine.
Inflection edit
Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.
declension of ܓܘܙܥܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܓܙܘܥ | ܓܘܙܥܝܢ |
| construct | ܓܙܘܥ | ܓܘܙܥܝ |
| emphatic | ܓܘܙܥܐ | ܓܘܙܥܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܓܘܙܥܝ | ܓܘܙܥܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܓܘܙܥܟ | ܓܘܙܥܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܓܘܙܥܟܝ | ܓܘܙܥܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܓܘܙܥܗ | ܓܘܙܥܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܓܘܙܥܗ | ܓܘܙܥܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܓܘܙܥܢ | ܓܘܙܥܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܓܘܙܥܟܘܢ | ܓܘܙܥܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܓܘܙܥܟܝܢ | ܓܘܙܥܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܓܘܙܥܗܘܢ | ܓܘܙܥܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܓܘܙܥܗܝܢ | ܓܘܙܥܝܗܝܢ |
Derived terms edit
- ܓܘܙܥܢܝܐ (gūzʿānāyā)
References edit
- “gwzˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2015-09-19
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 44b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 63b
- 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. 213a