ܓܛܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒁍𒁕 (gídda /⁠giṭṭu⁠/, “document or deed written on parchment”), from Sumerian 𒁍𒁕 (gídda). In other Aramaic dialects, a narrowed sense of "writ of divorce" is attested; compare Hebrew גֵּט (gēṭ). Note also Old Armenian կտակ (ktak, “will, testament; covenant”), borrowed from Aramaic via Iranian.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ܓܛܐ • (geṭṭā) m (plural ܓܛܐ (geṭṭē))

1. (law) testament, will, document
2. heritage, succession

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Arabic جَظّ (jaẓẓ).

Alternative forms

• ܐܓܛܐ (ʾgṭʾ)

Pronunciation

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Noun

ܓܛܐ • (gaṭṭā, geṭṭā) m (plural ܓܛܐ (gaṭṭē, geṭṭā))

1. monorchid, male with only one testicle

Inflection

Synonyms

• ܓܠܛܐ (gallāṭā)

References

• “gṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-07-26
• “gṭ²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-07-26
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 68a
• Perikhanian, Anahit (1997) Nina Garsoïan, transl., The Book of a Thousand Judgements: A Sasanian Law-book (Persian Heritage Series; 39), Costa Mesa, California and New York: Mazda Publishers in association with Bibliotheca Persica, page 362
• 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 228b