ܓܝܣܐ

Borrowed from Classical Syriac.

• (Standard) IPA^(key):

ܓܲܝܵܣܵܐ • (gayyāsā) m (plural ܓܲܝܵܣܹ̈ܐ (gayyāsē))

1. robber, bandit, pirate, plunderer, outlaw (usually the penitent thief crucified next to Christ)
2. (by extension) the Gayyasa play, a traditional live enactment of the story of the thief on the cross

• ܓܲܢܵܒ݂ܵܐ (gannāḇā)

Compare Arabic جَيْش (jayš) and Hebrew גַּיִס (gáyis).

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ܓܝܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܝܣܐ)

1. (military) troop, army
2. invasion, foray, raid
3. plundering

Modified from above.

• IPA^(key): (singular)
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ܓܝܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܝܣܐ)

1. robber, bandit, pirate, plunderer, outlaw

Compare Hebrew גִּיס (gîs).

• ܐܓܝܣܐ

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ܓܝܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܝܣܐ)

1. brother-in-law (specifically wife's sister's husband)

• ܚܬܢܐ
• ܝܒܡܐ
• ܣܘܠܦܐ
• ܫܠܦܐ

From Ancient Greek γεῖσος (geîsos).

• ܓܐܣܐ, ܓܝܣܪܐ

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ܓܝܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܝܣܐ)

1. (architecture) cornice

• “gys”, 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 47a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 69a
• 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, pages 229b-230a