ܓܘܝܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܓ ܘ ܐ (g w ˀ)
9 terms

Etymology

From ܓܵܘܵܐ (gāwā, inside, interior) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ܓܵܘܵܝܵܐ (gāwāyā) (feminine ܓܵܘܵܝܬܵܐ (gāwāytā), plural ܓܵܘܵܝܹ̈ܐ (gāwāyē))

  1. inner, interior, internal
    Antonym: ܒܲܪܵܝܵܐ (barrāyā)
  2. holy
  3. inhabitant, citizen

Noun

ܓܵܘܵܝܹ̈ܐ (gāwāyēm pl (plural only)

  1. inside, the indoors
    Antonym: ܒܲܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (barrāyē)
  2. (by extension) Assyria

Inflection

    Inflection of ܓܵܘܵܝܹ̈ܐ (gāwāyē)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
plural absolute 1st person ܓܵܘܵܝܝܼ̈
(gāwāyī)
ܓܵܘܵܝܲܢ̈
(gāwāyan)
construct ܓܵܘܵܝܲܝ̈
(gāwāyay)
2nd person ܓܵܘܵܝܘܼ̈ܟ݂
(gāwāyūḵ)
ܓܵܘܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ̈
(gāwāyāḵ)
ܓܵܘܵܝܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(gāwāyāwḵōn)
emphatic ܓܵܘܵܝܹ̈ܐ
(gāwāyē)
3rd person ܓܵܘܵܝܘܼ̈ܗܝ
(gāwāyūh)
ܓܵܘܵܝ̈ܘܿܗ̇
(gāwāyōh)
ܓܵܘܵܝܗ̈ܘܿܢ
(gāwāyhōn)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian (gwd /⁠gōy⁠/, ball). Cognate with Persian گوی (guy, ball).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܓܘܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܓܘܝܐ)

  1. sphere, globe, ball
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܓ-ܘ-ܐ (ɡ-w-ʾ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܓܘܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܓܘܝܐ)

  1. (anatomy) intestine(s); innards, viscera
Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܓ-ܘ-ܐ (ɡ-w-ʾ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ܓܘܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܓܘܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܘܝܬܐ)

  1. inner, interior, internal
  2. far, farther, remote
  3. holy
Inflection
Antonyms

Noun

ܓܘܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܓܘܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܘܝܬܐ)

  1. inhabitant, citizen
  2. eunuch
Inflection

Further reading

  • gwy”, 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, p. 44a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 63b-64a
  • 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. 214a-b
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gōy”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 37