ܓܗܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian (gʾs), 𐫃𐫀𐫍 (gʾh /⁠gāh⁠/, “place, throne, bed; time”); compare Persian گاه (gâh), Northern Kurdish -geh, Old Armenian գահ (gah).

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Noun

ܓܵܗܵܐ • (gāhā) f (plural ܓܵܗܹ̈ܐ (gāhē) or ܓܵܗ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (gāhāṯā))

1. time (an instance or repetition of something happening)

   ܟܹܐ ܐܵܙܹܠ݇ܢ ܬܵܡܵܐ ܬܲܪܬܹܝܢ ܓܵܗܹ̈ܐ ܒܝܲܪܚܵܐ.

   kē āzēn tāmā tartēn gāhē b-yarḥā.

   I go there two times a month.

   ܗܘܼܡܙܸܡ ܠܝܼ ܥܲܡܹܗ ܒܓܵܗܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܬܵܐ ܒܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܗ̇.

   humzim lī ˁammēh b-gāhā qammāytā b-šēttā dˁḇīrāh.

   I talked to him for the first time last year.

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Derived terms

See also

• ܙܲܒ݂ܢܵܐ (zaḇnā)
• ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ (ˁiddānā)
• ܫܵܥܬܵܐ (šāˁtā)

Preposition

ܓܵܗܹ̈ܐ • (gāhē)

1. (mathematics) times, multiplied by

   Coordinate terms: ܝܲܬܝܼܪ (yatīr, “plus”), ܒܨܝܼܪ (bṣīr, “minus”), ܦܲܠܸܓ݂ (palliḡ, “divided by”)

   ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ ܓܵܗܹ̈ܐ ܚܲܡܫܵܐ ܫܵܘܹܐ ܥܸܣܪܝܼ ― arbˁā gāhē ḥamšā šāwē ˁisrī ― four times five equals twenty

   ܬܪܹܝ ܓܵܗܹ̈ܐ ܬܠܵܬܵܐ ܫܵܘܹܐ ܐܸܫܬܵܐ ― trēy gāhē tlātā šāwē ištā ― two times three equals six

Etymology 2

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Verb

ܓܵܗܹܐ • (gāhē) (present participle ܓܗܵܝܵܐ (ghāyā), past participle ܓܸܗܝܵܐ (gihyā))

1. to vanish, to disappear
2. to flee, to escape
3. to become loose or freed

Conjugation

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܓ-ܗ-ܐ (ɡ-h-ʾ), related to vanishing.

Pronunciation

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Verb

ܓܗܐ • (gəhā)

1. to vanish, to disappear
2. to flee, to escape
3. to become loose or freed

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian (gʾs), 𐫃𐫀𐫍 (gʾh /⁠gāh⁠/, “place, throne, bed; time”); compare Persian گاه (gâh), Northern Kurdish -geh, Old Armenian գահ (gah).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ܓܗܐ • (gāhā) f (plural ܓܗܐ)

1. time

   Synonyms: ܙܒܢܐ, ܫܥܬܐ

2. ornate room; bridal chamber

Inflection

References

• “gh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-11-04
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 43b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 61b-62a
• 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, page 208a