| Root |
|---|
| ܓ ܫ ܫ (g š š) |
| 3 terms |
Inherited from Aramaic גָּשׁוֹשָׁא (gāšōšā), as a phono-semantic matching of Proto-Iranian *gáwšah (“ear”) through the verb ܓܵܝܹܫ (gāyēš, “to touch”); hence also the verb ܡܓܲܫܸܩ (mgaššiq, “to stare”), Imperial Aramaic 𐡂𐡅𐡔𐡊𐡀 (gwškʾ /*gōšakā/, “a Persian official: spy”) and Old Armenian գուշակ (gušak, “spy”). Also present in Hebrew גָּשׁוֹשׁ (gashósh) and borrowed into Arabic جَاسُوس (jāsūs) via Classical Syriac.
ܓܵܫܘܿܫܵܐ • (gāšōšā) m sg (plural ܓܵܫܘܿܫܹ̈ܐ (gāšōšē), feminine ܓܵܫܘܿܫܬܵܐ (gāšōštā))
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܝܼ (gāšōšī) | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܲܢ (gāšōšan) | |||
| construct | ܓܵܫܘܿܫ (gāšōš) | 2nd person | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܘܼܟ݂ (gāšōšūḵ) | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܵܟ݂ܝ (gāšōšāḵ) | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (gāšōšāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܵܐ (gāšōšā) | 3rd person | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܹܗ (gāšōšēh) | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܵܗ̇ (gāšōšāh) | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܗܘܿܢ (gāšōšhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܝܼ̈ (gāšōšī) | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܲܢ̈ (gāšōšan) | |||
| construct | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܲܝ̈ (gāšōšay) | 2nd person | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (gāšōšūḵ) | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (gāšōšāḵ) | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (gāšōšāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܹ̈ܐ (gāšōšē) | 3rd person | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܘܼ̈ܗܝ (gāšōšūh) | ܓܵܫܘܿܫ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (gāšōšōh) | ܓܵܫܘܿܫܗ̈ܘܿܢ (gāšōšhōn) | |||
From the root ܓ-ܫ-ܫ (ɡ-š-š) related to feeling touch, palpitating. Also present in Hebrew גָּשׁוֹשׁ (gāšṓš). Meanings of spying are well from a Middle Iranian descendant of Proto-Iranian *gáwšah (“ear”); compare Imperial Aramaic 𐡂𐡅𐡔𐡊𐡀 (gwškʾ /*gōšakā/, “a Persian official: spy”) and Old Armenian գուշակ (gušak, “spy”), and Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn, “spy”, literally “eye”) for like transferral of a body parts name to the name of a spy in Semitic.
ܓܫܘܫܐ • (gāšōšā) m (plural ܓܫܘܫܐ (gāšōšē), singular feminine counterpart ܓܫܘܫܬܐ (gāšōštā))
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܓܫܘܫ | 1st person | ܓܫܘܫܝ | ܓܫܘܫܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܫܘܫ | 2nd person | ܓܫܘܫܟ | ܓܫܘܫܟܝ | ܓܫܘܫܟܘܢ | ܓܫܘܫܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܫܘܫܐ | 3rd person | ܓܫܘܫܗ | ܓܫܘܫܗ | ܓܫܘܫܗܘܢ | ܓܫܘܫܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܓܫܘܫܝܢ | 1st person | ܓܫܘܫܝ | ܓܫܘܫܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܫܘܫܝ | 2nd person | ܓܫܘܫܝܟ | ܓܫܘܫܝܟܝ | ܓܫܘܫܝܟܘܢ | ܓܫܘܫܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܫܘܫܐ | 3rd person | ܓܫܘܫܘܗܝ | ܓܫܘܫܝܗ | ܓܫܘܫܝܗܘܢ | ܓܫܘܫܝܗܝܢ | ||