ܓܫܘܫܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܓܫܘܫܐ (gāšōšā, “spy”), from the root ܓ ܫ ܫ related to spying + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā). Compare Arabic جَاسُوسِيَّة (jāsūsiyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɑʃoʃuθɑ]

Noun

ܓܫܘܫܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)

  1. spying, espionage
  2. scouting, searching, exploration

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܫܘܫܘܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܓܫܘܫܘ 1st person ܓܫܘܫܘܬܝ ܓܫܘܫܘܬܢ
construct ܓܫܘܫܘܬ 2nd person ܓܫܘܫܘܬܟ ܓܫܘܫܘܬܟܝ ܓܫܘܫܘܬܟܘܢ ܓܫܘܫܘܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܫܘܫܘܬܐ 3rd person ܓܫܘܫܘܬܗ ܓܫܘܫܘܬܗ ܓܫܘܫܘܬܗܘܢ ܓܫܘܫܘܬܗܝܢ

References

  • “gšwšw”, 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 55a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 79b
  • 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 265a
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