Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Hebrew גִּיד הַנָּשֶׁה (gîḏ hannāšê). The sense of "sciatica" is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ἰσχίᾱς (iskhíās).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɡɛnnɛʃjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡɛnnɛʃje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܓܢܫܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܓܢܫܝܐ)

  1. sciatic nerve
  2. (by extension) thigh
  3. sciatica

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • gnšy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-21
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 52a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 75a
  • 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. 250a