ܓܡܘܫܐ
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian گاومیش (gâv-mêš), Arabic جَامُوس (jāmūs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡɑmoʃɑ], [ɡammoʃɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ɡɑmoʃe], [ɡammoʃe] (plural)
Noun
ܓܡܘܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܡܘܫܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܓܡܘܫ | 1st person | ܓܡܘܫܝ | ܓܡܘܫܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܡܘܫ | 2nd person | ܓܡܘܫܟ | ܓܡܘܫܟܝ | ܓܡܘܫܟܘܢ | ܓܡܘܫܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܡܘܫܐ | 3rd person | ܓܡܘܫܗ | ܓܡܘܫܗ | ܓܡܘܫܗܘܢ | ܓܡܘܫܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܓܡܘܫܝܢ | 1st person | ܓܡܘܫܝ | ܓܡܘܫܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܡܘܫܝ | 2nd person | ܓܡܘܫܝܟ | ܓܡܘܫܝܟܝ | ܓܡܘܫܝܟܘܢ | ܓܡܘܫܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܡܘܫܐ | 3rd person | ܓܡܘܫܘܗܝ | ܓܡܘܫܝܗ | ܓܡܘܫܝܗܘܢ | ܓܡܘܫܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “gmwšˀ”, 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
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գոմէշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press