ܓܘܣܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܓ ܘ ܣ (g w s)
2 terms

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܓܲܘܣܵܐ (gawsā).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ˈɡaw.sɑː]
  • (Urmia) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒoːsɑː]

Noun

ܓܲܘܣܵܐ • (gawsām

  1. refuge, asylum

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܲܘܣܵܐ
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܓܘܿܣ (gōs) 1st person ܓܲܘܣܝܼ (gawsī) ܓܲܘܣܲܢ (gawsan)
construct ܓܘܿܣ (gōs) 2nd person ܓܲܘܣܘܼܟ݂ (gawsōḵ) ܓܲܘܣܵܟ݂ܝ (gawsāḵ) ܓܲܘܣܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (gawsawḵōn)
emphatic ܓܲܘܣܵܐ (gawsā) 3rd person ܓܲܘܣܹܗ (gawsēh) ܓܲܘܣܵܗ̇ (gawsāh) ܓܲܘܣܗܘܿܢ (gawshōn)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܓ ܘ ܣ, related to taking refuge.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈɡaw.sɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈɡɑw.sɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈɡɑw.so]

Noun

ܓܘܣܐ • (gawsām (plural ܓܘܣܐ (gawsē))

  1. refuge, asylum

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܘܣܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܓܘܣ 1st person ܓܘܣܝ ܓܘܣܢ
construct ܓܘܣ 2nd person ܓܘܣܟ ܓܘܣܟܝ ܓܘܣܟܘܢ ܓܘܣܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܘܣܐ 3rd person ܓܘܣܗ ܓܘܣܗ ܓܘܣܗܘܢ ܓܘܣܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܓܘܣܝܢ 1st person ܓܘܣܝ ܓܘܣܝܢ
construct ܓܘܣܝ 2nd person ܓܘܣܝܟ ܓܘܣܝܟܝ ܓܘܣܝܟܘܢ ܓܘܣܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܘܣܐ 3rd person ܓܘܣܘܗܝ ܓܘܣܝܗ ܓܘܣܝܗܘܢ ܓܘܣܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

References

  • gws”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 11 May 2019
  • Costaz, Louis (2002), Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 45a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 65b
  • 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 218a