ܓܘܝܐ

From ܓܲܘܵܐ (gawwā, “inside, interior”) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).

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ܓܲܘܵܝܵܐ • (gawwāyā) (feminine ܓܲܘܵܝܬܵܐ (gawwāytā), plural ܓܲܘܵܝܹ̈ܐ (gawwāyē))

1. inner, interior, internal

   Antonym: ܒܲܪܵܝܵܐ (barrāyā)

2. holy

   Synonym: ܩܲܕܝܼܫܵܐ (qadīšā)

3. inhabitant, citizen

   Synonyms: ܥܵܡܘܿܪܵܐ (ˁāmōrā), ܒܲܪ ܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ (bar aṯrā)

ܓܲܘܵܝܹ̈ܐ • (gawwāyē) m pl (plural only)

1. inside, the indoors

   Antonym: ܒܲܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (barrāyē)

2. (by extension) Assyria

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

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ܓܘܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܝܐ)

1. sphere, globe, ball

From the root ܓ ܘ ܐ.

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ܓܘܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܝܐ)

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

From the root ܓ ܘ ܐ.

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ܓܘܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܘܝܬܐ)

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

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ܓܘܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܘܝܬܐ)

1. inhabitant, citizen
2. eunuch

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• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 44a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 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, →ISBN, pages 214a–b
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gōy”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 37