ܓܝܣܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ɡaj.jaː.saː.]

Noun

ܓܲܝܵܣܵܐ • (gayyāsā) m (plural ܓܲܝܵܣܹ̈ܐ (gayyāsē))

  1. robber, bandit, pirate, plunderer, outlaw (usually the penitent thief crucified next to Christ)
  2. (by extension) the Gayyasa play, a traditional live enactment of the story of the thief on the cross

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic جَيْش (jayš) and Hebrew גַּיִס (gáyis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡajsɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡajse] (plural)

Noun

ܓܝܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܝܣܐ)

  1. (military) troop, army
  2. invasion, foray, raid
  3. plundering
Inflection

Etymology 2

Modified from above.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡajjɑsɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡajjɑse] (plural)

Noun

ܓܝܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܝܣܐ)

  1. robber, bandit, pirate, plunderer, outlaw
Inflection

Etymology 3

Compare Hebrew גִּיס (gîs).

Alternative forms

  • ܐܓܝܣܐ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡisɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡise] (plural)

Noun

ܓܝܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܝܣܐ)

  1. brother-in-law (specifically wife's sister's husband)
Inflection
See also

Etymology 4

From Ancient Greek γεῖσος (geîsos).

Alternative forms

  • ܓܐܣܐ, ܓܝܣܪܐ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡisɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡise] (plural)

Noun

ܓܝܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܝܣܐ)

  1. (architecture) cornice
Inflection

References

  • gys”, 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, page 47a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, pages 229b-230a
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