ܓܢܣܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܓ ܢ ܣ (g n s)
1 term

Inherited from Aramaic גֵּנְסָא (gensā), from Ancient Greek γένος (génos); compare also borrowed into Arabic جِنْس (jins).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܓܸܢܣܵܐ • (ginsā) m sg (plural ܓܸܢܣܹ̈ܐ (ginsē) or ܓܸܢܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ginsānē))

  1. genus, kind, type, sort
    Synonyms: ܐܲܕ݂ܫܵܐ (aḏšā), ܙܢܵܐ (znā), ܦܸܨܠܵܐ (piṣlā)
  2. gender, sex
  3. (grammar) gender

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܸܢܣܵܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܓܢܸܣ (gnis) 1st person ܓܸܢܣܝܼ (ginsī) ܓܸܢܣܲܢ (ginsan)
construct ܓܢܸܣ (gnis) 2nd person ܓܸܢܣܘܼܟ݂ (ginsōḵ) ܓܸܢܣܵܟ݂ܝ (ginsāḵ) ܓܸܢܣܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ginsawḵōn)
emphatic ܓܸܢܣܵܐ (ginsā) 3rd person ܓܸܢܣܹܗ (ginsēh) ܓܸܢܣܵܗ̇ (ginsāh) ܓܸܢܣܗܘܿܢ (ginshōn)
plural absolute ܓܸܢܣܝܼ̈ܢ (ginsīn) 1st person ܓܸܢܣܝܼ̈ (ginsī) ܓܸܢܣܲܢ̈ (ginsan)
construct ܓܸܢܣܲܝ̈ (ginsay) 2nd person ܓܸܢܣܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ginsōḵ) ܓܸܢܣܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ginsāḵ) ܓܸܢܣܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ginsawḵōn)
emphatic ܓܸܢܣܹ̈ܐ (ginsē) 3rd person ܓܸܢܣܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ginsūh) ܓܸܢܣܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (ginsōh) ܓܸܢܣܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (ginsayhōn)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γένος (génos).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܓܢܣܐ • (gensā) m (plural ܓܢܣܢܐ (gensānē) or ܓܢܣܐ (gensē))

  1. genus, kind, type, sort
  2. family, familial relation
  3. race, nation
  4. gender, sex
  5. (grammar) gender

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܢܣܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܓܢܣ 1st person ܓܢܣܝ ܓܢܣܢ
construct ܓܢܣ 2nd person ܓܢܣܟ ܓܢܣܟܝ ܓܢܣܟܘܢ ܓܢܣܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܢܣܐ 3rd person ܓܢܣܗ ܓܢܣܗ ܓܢܣܗܘܢ ܓܢܣܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܓܢܣܢܝܢ ,ܓܢܣܝܢ 1st person ܓܢܣܢܝ ,ܓܢܣܝ ܓܢܣܢܝܢ ,ܓܢܣܝܢ
construct ܓܢܣܢܝ ,ܓܢܣܝ 2nd person ܓܢܣܢܝܟ ,ܓܢܣܝܟ ܓܢܣܢܝܟܝ ,ܓܢܣܝܟܝ ܓܢܣܢܝܟܘܢ ,ܓܢܣܝܟܘܢ ܓܢܣܢܝܟܝܢ ,ܓܢܣܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܢܣܢܐ ,ܓܢܣܐ 3rd person ܓܢܣܢܘܗܝ ,ܓܢܣܘܗܝ ܓܢܣܢܝܗ ,ܓܢܣܝܗ ܓܢܣܢܝܗܘܢ ,ܓܢܣܝܗܘܢ ܓܢܣܢܝܗܝܢ ,ܓܢܣܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

  • → Arabic: جِنْس (jins)

References

  • “gns”, 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 52a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 75a
  • 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, →ISBN, pages 249a–b
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