ܓܫܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܓ ܫ ܫ (g š š) |
| 3 terms |
From Aramaic [Term?]; compare Arabic جَسّ (jass, “palpitation”) and Hebrew גִּשּׁוּשׁ (gishúsh, “probing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܓܸܫܬ݂ܵܐ • (gišṯā) m (plural ܓܸܫܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (giššāṯē))
- sense of touch
- ܚܸܫܟܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ، ܗ̇̇ܝܼܓܵܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܓܸܫܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܘܼܫ݇ܟ̰ܚܵܗ̇ ܠܝܼ.
- ḥiškā ìwā, hīgāh min gišṯā mūčḥāh lī.
- It was dark, so by touch I found it.
- act of touching
- ܡܸܢܫܸܠܬܵܢܹܐ ܪܓܝܼܫ ܠܝܼ ܒܓܸܫܬ݂ܵܐ ܒܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܝܼ.
- minšiltānē rgīš lī b-gišṯā b-rufšī.
- Suddenly I felt a touch at my shoulder.
- (figurative) exploration
- ܓܸܫܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܐܲܪܥܵܐ. ― gišṯā d-arˁā. ― Exploration of the earth.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܓܸܫܵܐ (giššā) | 1st person | ܓܸܫܬܝܼ (gištī) | ܓܸܫܬܲܢ (gištan) | |||
| construct | ܓܸܫܲܬ݂ (giššaṯ) | 2nd person | ܓܸܫܬܘܼܟ݂ (gištōḵ) | ܓܸܫܬܵܟ݂ܝ (gištāḵ) | ܓܸܫܬܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (gištawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܓܸܫܬܵܐ (gištā) | 3rd person | ܓܸܫܬܹܗ (gištēh) | ܓܸܫܬܵܗ̇ (gištāh) | ܓܸܫܬܗܘܿܢ (gišthōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܓܸܫܵܢ̈ (giššān) | 1st person | ܓܸܫܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (giššāṯī) | ܓܸܫܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (giššāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܓܸܫܵܬ݂̈ (giššāṯ) | 2nd person | ܓܸܫܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (giššāṯōḵ) | ܓܸܫܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (giššāṯāḵ) | ܓܸܫܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (giššāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܓܸܫ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (giššāṯā) | 3rd person | ܓܸܫ̈ܵܬ݂ܹܗ (giššāṯēh) | ܓܸܫ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (giššāṯāh) | ܓܸܫܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (giššāṯhōn) | |||
Hypernyms
- ܪܸܓ݂ܫܵܐ (riḡšā)
Derived terms
- ܓܠܝܼܙ ܓܸܫܬ݂ܵܐ (glīz gišṯā, “touchless”)