Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə)ðɑmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə)ðɑme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܕܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܓܕܡܐ)

1. hewing off, disjunction, disjointedness
2. (grammar) shortening, abbreviation, contraction; absolute or construct state
3. (linguistics, prosody) apocope, apheresis

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܓ-ܕ-ܡ ‎(ɡ-d-m) related to cutting off. Compare Arabic جَذْم ‎(ǧaḏm) and Hebrew גֶּזֶם ‎(gézem).

Alternative forms

• ܓܙܡܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɛðmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡɛðme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܕܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܓܕܡܐ)

1. pruned branch(es), trimmed foliage

Inflection

References

• “gdm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 43a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 206b