ܓܡܘܪܬܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܓ-ܡ-ܪ (ɡ-m-r). Compare Akkadian 𒄖𒈠𒊒 (/⁠gumāru⁠/) and Arabic جَمْرَة (jamra).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܓܡܘܪܬܐ (gmurtāf (plural ܓܡܘܪܝܬܐ or ܓܡܘܪܬܐ or ܓܘܡܪܐ)

  1. coal (especially live coal)
  2. hot volcanic rock
  3. (in the plural, pathology) ulcer, carbuncle; pox, anthrax
  4. (Christianity) Eucharist, host, wafer

Usage notes

The plurals ܓܡܘܪܬܐ and ܓܡܘܪܝܬܐ are used for the sense of "Eucharist" while the plural ܓܘܡܪܐ is used for other senses.

Inflection

References

  • gwmrh”, 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 50a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 72a
  • 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 240b