Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gild-; compare Akkadian 𒋢𒄀𒅋𒁺 (/⁠gildu⁠/), Arabic جِلْد (jild), and Hebrew גֶּלֶד (géleḏ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡɛldɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡɛlde] (plural)

Noun

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ܓܠܕܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܓܠܕܐ)

  1. (anatomy) skin
  2. hide, leather

Inflection

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Inflection of ܓܠܕܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܓܠܕ 1st person ܓܠܕܝ ܓܠܕܢ
construct ܓܠܕ 2nd person ܓܠܕܟ ܓܠܕܟܝ ܓܠܕܟܘܢ ܓܠܕܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܠܕܐ 3rd person ܓܠܕܗ ܓܠܕܗ ܓܠܕܗܘܢ ܓܠܕܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܓܠܕܝܢ 1st person ܓܠܕܝ ܓܠܕܝܢ
construct ܓܠܕܝ 2nd person ܓܠܕܝܟ ܓܠܕܝܟܝ ܓܠܕܝܟܘܢ ܓܠܕܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܠܕܐ 3rd person ܓܠܕܘܗܝ ܓܠܕܝܗ ܓܠܕܝܗܘܢ ܓܠܕܝܗܝܢ

References

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  • gld”, 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 48b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 70a
  • 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, →ISBN, page 233a

Turoyo

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Etymology

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From the older form ܓܶܠܕܐ (geldo). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gild-.

Noun

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ܓܰܠܕܳܐ (galdom

  1. (anatomy) skin