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Classical Syriac
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Compare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic גּוּנְדְּלָיָא (gundəlāyâ, “left-handed person”).
Adjective
ܓܘܼܪܕ݁ܡܵܢܵܐ • (gurdəmānā) m (plural ܓܘܪܕܡܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܘܪܕܡܢܬܐ)
- ambidextrous
- Synonym: ܬܪܝܢܝ ܐܝܕܝܐ
c. 9th C, Ishoʿ Bar ʿAli, “2814”, in edited by Georg Hoffmann, Syriac-Arabic lexicon, part I (in Arabic), Kiel, published 1874, page 100, line 9:
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Arabic جُذَام (juḏām).
Adjective
ܓܘܼܪܕ݁ܡܵܢܵܐ • (gūrdəmānā) m (plural ܓܘܪܕܡܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܘܪܕܡܢܬܐ)
- (pathology) elephantic, leprous
c. 9th C, Ishoʿ Bar ʿAli, “2815”, in edited by Georg Hoffmann, Syriac-Arabic lexicon, part I (in Arabic), Kiel, published 1874, page 100, line 10:
Inflection
References
- “gwrdmn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2022-12-15
- Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 132
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 66a
- 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 221a