ܓܘܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gwd /gōy/, ball). Cognate with Persian گوی (guy, ball).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡojɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡoje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܝܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܝܐ)

  1. sphere, globe, ball
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܓ-ܘ-ܐ (ɡ-w-ʾ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)wɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)wɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܝܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܝܐ)

  1. (anatomy) intestine(s); innards, viscera
Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܓ-ܘ-ܐ (ɡ-w-ʾ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡawwɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡawwɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܓܘܝܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܘܝܬܐ)

  1. inner, interior, internal
  2. far, farther, remote
  3. holy
Inflection
Antonyms

Noun

ܓܘܝܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܘܝܬܐ)

  1. inhabitant, citizen
  2. eunuch
Inflection

Further reading

  • gwy”, 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, p. 44a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 63b-64a
  • 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, p. 214a-b
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “gōy”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 37
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