ܓܘܙܥܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare the Hebrew גֶּזַע (gézaʿ, trunk) and the Arabic جِذْع (jiḏʕ, trunk). The sense of "grammatical stem" is a calque of Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܓܘܙܥܐ (gūzʿāf (plural ܓܘܙܥܐ)

  1. trunk, stump
  2. rod, staff, stick
    Synonym: ܫܒܛܐ
    • Peshitta, Jeremiah 48:17:
      ܐܬܕܠܚܿܘܼ ܘܙܥܼܘ ܟܘܠ ܕܚܕܪ̈ܘܗܝ ܘܟܠ ܕܝܕܥܿܝܢ ܫܡܗ ܐܡܼܪܘ܂ ܐܝܟܢܐܼ ܐܬܬܒܪ ܚܘܛܪܐ ܥܫܝܢܐ ܘܓܘܙܥܐ ܕܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ܂
      ʾettəḏallaḥ wə-zāʿw kōl da-ḥəḏāraw wə-ḵōl də-yāḏʿīn šəmēh ʾĕmar: ʾaykannā ʾettəḇar ḥūṭrā ʿaššīnā wə-ḡūzʿā ḏə-ṯešbōḥtā.
      Bemoan and be frightened, all who are around him; and all who know his name, say "how the mighty sceptre and staff of splendour has been broken!".
  3. (grammar) stem, root, lemma

Usage notes

This word is rarely masculine.

Inflection

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

Derived terms

References

  • gwzˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2015-09-19
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 44b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 213a