ܓܙܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܓ-ܙ-ܙ (ɡ-z-z) related to shearing. Compare Arabic جِزَّة (ǧizza(t)) and Hebrew גִּזָּה (gizzâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɛzz(ə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܓܙܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܓܙܐ)

  1. wool, fleece

Inflection

References

  • gzh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 45b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 67a, 68a
  • 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. 227a
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