Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡawnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡawne(ʔ)], [ɡawnɑne(ʔ)], [ɡawnawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܢܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܓܘܢܘܬܐ or ܓܘܢܢܐ or ܓܘܢܐ)

1. colour/color, hue
2. appearance
3. sort, kind, type, species
4. remedy, medicine

Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic جُونَة ‎(ǧuna(t)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡunɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡunawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܢܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܓܘܢܘܬܐ)

1. drinking vessel; cup, goblet, glass
2. wooden kneading trough
3. bronze pot

Inflection

References

• “gwn”, 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. 45a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 64b-65a
• 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, pp. 216b-217a