ܓܕܠܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܓ ܕ ܠ (g d l)
2 terms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ɡaðlaː]

Noun

ܓܲܕ݂ܠܵܐ • (gaḏlā) m (plural ܓܲܕ݂ܠܹ̈ܐ (gaḏlē))

  1. braid, plait
    Synonym: ܨܘܼܨܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ṣūṣīṯā)

Classical Syriac

FWOTD – 3 August 2016

Etymology

From the root ܓ ܕ ܠ related to twisting. Compare Arabic جَدْل (jadl) and Hebrew גָּדוֹל (gadól).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)ðɑlɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)ðɑle] (plural)

Noun

ܓܕܠܐ • (gəḏālā) m (plural ܓܕܠܐ (gəḏālē))

  1. plaiting, twining
  2. (by extension) anything twisted: garland, wreath, crown; wickerwork
  3. monastic garment
  4. excessiveness, overfullness

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܕܠܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܓܕܠ 1st person ܓܕܠܝ ܓܕܠܢ
construct ܓܕܠ 2nd person ܓܕܠܟ ܓܕܠܟܝ ܓܕܠܟܘܢ ܓܕܠܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܕܠܐ 3rd person ܓܕܠܗ ܓܕܠܗ ܓܕܠܗܘܢ ܓܕܠܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܓܕܠܝܢ 1st person ܓܕܠܝ ܓܕܠܝܢ
construct ܓܕܠܝ 2nd person ܓܕܠܝܟ ܓܕܠܝܟܝ ܓܕܠܝܟܘܢ ܓܕܠܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܕܠܐ 3rd person ܓܕܠܘܗܝ ܓܕܠܝܗ ܓܕܠܝܗܘܢ ܓܕܠܝܗܝܢ

References

  • “gdl”, 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 42b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 61a
  • 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, page 206a
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