ܓܫܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒄀𒅆𒅕𒊑 (/gišru/); compare Arabic جِسْر‎ (ǧisr), Hebrew גֶּשֶׁר‎ (géšer).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡɛʃrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡɛʃre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܫܪܐ • (gešrāʾ) m (plural ܓܫܪܐ)

  1. (architecture) bridge
  2. beam, plank
  3. axle

Inflection
    declension of ܓܫܪܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܓܫܪ ܓܫܪܝܢ
construct ܓܫܪ ܓܫܪܝ
emphatic ܓܫܪܐ ܓܫܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܓܫܪܝ ܓܫܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܓܫܪܟ ܓܫܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܓܫܪܟܝ ܓܫܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܓܫܪܗ ܓܫܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܓܫܪܗ ܓܫܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܓܫܪܢ ܓܫܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܓܫܪܟܘܢ ܓܫܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܓܫܪܟܝܢ ܓܫܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܓܫܪܗܘܢ ܓܫܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܓܫܪܗܝܢ ܓܫܪܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “gšr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-02
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 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. 80b
  • 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. 266b
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