ܓܘܪܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Mayhaps to the large from Akkadian 𒄖𒊒𒌦𒉡 (/⁠gurunnu, garunnu⁠/, “a small ritual jug, urn, or basin; possibly a mortar”); but there might have been genuine meanings which got lost because of the urban environment of Aramaic speakers. See Arabic جُرْن (jurn) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡurnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡurne] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܪܢܐ • (gūrnā) c (plural ܓܘܪܢܐ (gurnē))

1. large vessel: stone bath, basin; water jar; pot, urn
2. coffin, sarcophagus

   Synonyms: ܫܩܐ (šāqā), ܢܘܫܐ (nawšā)

3. manger rack

Usage notes

This word is usually feminine.

Inflection

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

    declension of ܓܘܪܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܓܪܘܢ	ܓܘܪܢܝܢ
construct	ܓܪܘܢ	ܓܘܪܢܝ
emphatic	ܓܘܪܢܐ	ܓܘܪܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܓܘܪܢܝ	ܓܘܪܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܓܘܪܢܟ	ܓܘܪܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܓܘܪܢܟܝ	ܓܘܪܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܓܘܪܢܗ	ܓܘܪܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܓܘܪܢܗ	ܓܘܪܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܓܘܪܢܢ	ܓܘܪܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܓܘܪܢܟܘܢ	ܓܘܪܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܓܘܪܢܟܝܢ	ܓܘܪܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܓܘܪܢܗܘܢ	ܓܘܪܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܓܘܪܢܗܝܢ	ܓܘܪܢܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: جُرْن (jurn, “basin”) (semantic loan) (taking Syriac as representative for all Aramaic)
• → Middle Armenian: գուռն (guṙn), գուռ (guṙ)
  • Armenian: գուռ (guṙ)
  • → Northern Kurdish: kurn, kurin, kur
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قورنه (kurna), قرنه (kurna), قورنا (kurna)
    • Turkish: kurna
    • → Armenian: խուռնա (xuṙna)
    • → Macedonian: курна (kurna)
  • → Turkish: gürün, kürün, kurun
• → Ancient Greek: γοῦρνα (goûrna) (taking Syriac as representative for all Aramaic)
  • Sicilian: gurna
    • Italian: gorna (regional, Sicily)

References

• “gwrn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 45b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 66b
• 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 221b