Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܓܘܢܝܬܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡonjɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܓܘܢܝܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܓܘܢܝܐܣ or ܓܘܢܘܬܐ or ܓܘܢܝܬܐ)

1. corner
2. (geometry) angle, side
3. carpenter's square, rule

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܓ-ܢ-ܐ ‎(ɡ-n-ʾ) related to disgracing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡunnɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡunnɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܢܝܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܓܘܢܝܐ)

1. insult, contumely
2. reproach, blame, complaint
3. calumny

Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܓ-ܘ-ܐ ‎(ɡ-w-ʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡawwɑnɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡawwɑnɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܓܘܢܝܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܓܘܢܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܘܢܝܬܐ)

1. common, general, universal

Inflection

References

• “gwny)”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “gwny”, 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, pp. 44a, 45a, 51a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 217b