Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡurɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡure(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܓܘܪܐ)

1. jug

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܓ-ܘ-ܪ ‎(ɡ-w-r) related to committing adultery. Compare Arabic جَوْر ‎(ǧawr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡawrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡawre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܓܘܪܐ)

1. adultery

Inflection

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡawrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡawre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܓܘܪܐ)

1. (typography) column

Inflection

Usage notes

This word rarely appears as masculine.

References

• “gwr”, 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. 45b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 66a
• 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. 220a