ܓܢܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γένος (génos). Compare Arabic جِنْس (jins).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɛnsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡɛnse(ʔ)], [ɡɛnsɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܢܣܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܢܣܢܐ or ܓܢܣܐ)

  1. genus, kind, type, sort
  2. family, familial relation
  3. race, nation
  4. gender, sex
  5. (grammar) gender

Inflection

References

  • gns”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary : قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 52a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 75a
  • 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. 249a-b
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