ܓܝܪܐ

See also: ܓܝܕܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic جَيْر (ǧayr) and Hebrew גִּיר (gîr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡirɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡire(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܝܪܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܝܪܐ)

  1. glue, birdlime
Inflection

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡajjɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡajjɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܝܪܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܝܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܝܪܬܐ)

  1. adulterer
Inflection

References

  • gyr”, 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. 69a
  • 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. 230b
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