ܓܘܫܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic جِسْم‎ (ǧism) and Hebrew גֶּשֶׁם‎ (géšem).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡuʃmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡuʃme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܫܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܫܡܐ)

  1. (anatomy) body
  2. (chemistry) solid, substance, matter; metal
  3. (linguistics) corpus, text
  4. whole
  5. collection, ensemble, group
  6. organization, community

Inflection

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

    declension of ܓܘܫܡܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܓܫܘܡ ܓܘܫܡܝܢ
construct ܓܫܘܡ ܓܘܫܡܝ
emphatic ܓܘܫܡܐ ܓܘܫܡܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܓܘܫܡܝ ܓܘܫܡܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܓܘܫܡܟ ܓܘܫܡܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܓܘܫܡܟܝ ܓܘܫܡܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܓܘܫܡܗ ܓܘܫܡܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܓܘܫܡܗ ܓܘܫܡܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܓܘܫܡܢ ܓܘܫܡܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܓܘܫܡܟܘܢ ܓܘܫܡܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܓܘܫܡܟܝܢ ܓܘܫܡܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܓܘܫܡܗܘܢ ܓܘܫܡܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܓܘܫܡܗܝܢ ܓܘܫܡܝܗܝܢ

See also

References
  • “gšm”, 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, p. 55b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, pp. 222b-223a
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