Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• Uncontracted form: ܓܢܙܐ
• ܓܐܙܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡazzɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡazze(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܙܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܓܙܐ)

1. treasure, treasury
2. (figuratively, Christianity) Eucharist

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܓ-ܙ-ܙ ‎(ɡ-z-z) related to shearing. Compare Arabic جَزّ ‎(ǧazz) and Hebrew גֵּז ‎(gēz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɛzzɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡɛzze(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܙܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܓܙܐ)

1. mowing, shearing

Inflection

See also

• ܓܙܬܐ

Etymology 3

From the root ܓ-ܙ-ܙ ‎(ɡ-z-z) related to shearing. Compare Arabic جَزَّاز ‎(ǧazzāz) and Hebrew גַּזָּז ‎(gazzāz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɑzɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡɑze(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܙܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܓܙܐ)

1. mower, shearer (especially of wool)

Inflection

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɛzze(ʔ)]

Noun

ܓܙܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. emphatic plural of ܓܙܬܐ

Etymology 5

Compare Ancient Greek Γάζα ‎(Gáza) and Arabic غزة ‎(Ġazza(t)).

Alternative forms

• ܥܐܙܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɑzɑ(ʔ)]

Proper noun

ܓܙܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f

1. Gaza

References

• “gnz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “gz”, 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. 45b-46a, 406a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 67a
• 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. 223b