ܓܘܚܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

Root
ܓ ܚ ܟ
2 terms

Compare Arabic ضِحْك (ḍiḥk) and Hebrew צְחוֹק (ṣəḥôq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡuħkɑ]

Noun

ܓܘܚܟܐ • (transliteration neededm(uncountable)

  1. laughter
  2. ridicule
  3. derision, scorn

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܘܚܟܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܓܚܘܟ 1st person ܓܘܚܟܝ ܓܘܚܟܢ
construct ܓܚܘܟ 2nd person ܓܘܚܟܟ ܓܘܚܟܟܝ ܓܘܚܟܟܘܢ ܓܘܚܟܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܘܚܟܐ 3rd person ܓܘܚܟܗ ܓܘܚܟܗ ܓܘܚܟܗܘܢ ܓܘܚܟܗܝܢ

References

  • gḥwk”, 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 46b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 63b
  • 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 213b