ܓܨܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܓܐܨܐ

Etymology

Ultimately, as Arabic جَصّ (jaṣṣ, “gypsum”) and Middle Persian gc (gač, “gypsum”) > Persian گچ (gač, “gypsum”), from Akkadian 𒅎𒌓 (IM.BABBAR /⁠gaṣṣu⁠/, “gypsum”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡasˤsˤɑ], [ɡɛsˤsˤɑ]

Noun

ܓܨܐ • (gaṣṣā) m(uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) gypsum, chalk, lime
  2. mortar, plaster

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܨܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܓܨ 1st person ܓܨܝ ܓܨܢ
construct ܓܨ 2nd person ܓܨܟ ܓܨܟܝ ܓܨܟܘܢ ܓܨܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܨܐ 3rd person ܓܨܗ ܓܨܗ ܓܨܗܘܢ ܓܨܗܝܢ

References

  • “gṣ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 7 January 2013
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 53a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 76b
  • 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 254b
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