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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܓ-ܙ-ܙ (ɡ-z-z) related to shearing. Compare Arabic جِزَّة (jizza), Hebrew גִּזָּה (gizzâ) and Akkadian 𒄀𒄑𒍝𒌅 (gi-iz-za-tu /gizzatu/, “shearing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܓܙܬܐ • (gezzəṯā) f (plural ܓܙܐ (gezzē))
- wool, fleece
Inflection
Descendants
- → Old Armenian: գզաթ (gzatʻ)
- → Armenian: գզաթ (gzatʻ) (learned)
References
- “gzh”, 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, page 45b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 67a–68a
- 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 227a