Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡuddɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡudde(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܕܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܓܘܕܐ)

1. (military) company, rank, troop, band
2. choir, chorus

Inflection

Usage notes

While the word is normally considered feminine, it also rarely occurs as masculine.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡuddɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡuddɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܕܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܓܘܕܢܐ)

1. (architecture) wall
2. rampart
3. hedge, mound
4. stone pulpit in church's nave

Inflection

Etymology 3

Compare Akkadian [script needed] ‎(gūdu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡawdɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡawde(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܕܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܓܘܕܐ)

1. leather bottle
2. (figuratively) small amount

Inflection

References

• “gwd”, 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. 44a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 62b-63a
• 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. 211b