Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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Cognate with Hebrew גּוּמָּץ (gûmmāṣ).

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ɡumˈmɑ.sˤɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ɡumˈmɑ.sˤɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ɡuˈmo.sˤo]

Noun

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ܓܘܡܨܐ (gūmmāṣām (plural ܓܘܡܨܐ (gūmmāṣē))

  1. pit, ditch, depth
    • Peshitta, Matthew 15:14:
      ܫܒܘܩܘ ܠܗܘܢ. ܣܡܝ̈ܐ ܐܢܘܢ ܢܓܘܕ̈ܐ ܕܣ̈ܡܝܐ. ܣܡܝܐ ܕܝܢ ܠܣܡܝܐ ܐܢ ܢܕܒܪ: ܬܪܝܗܘܢ. ܒܓܘܡܨܐ ܢܦܠܝܢ.
      šəḇoq[w] ləhōn: səmayyā ʾennōn nāḡōḏē ḏa-səmayyā. samyā ḏên lə-samyā ʾen neḏbar, bə-ḡūmmāṣā nāp̄līn.
      Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
  2. (horticulture) trench for planting trees
  3. (figuratively) pitfall

Inflection

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References

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  • gwmṣ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-06
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 49b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 64b
  • 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 216a-b