ܓܠܝܕܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܓ ܠ ܕ (g l d)
3 terms
ܓܠܝܕܐ

Etymology

Possibly derived from Latin gelidus; compare Arabic جَلِيد (jalīd), Hebrew גְּלִיד (glíd).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ɡ.liːdɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [d͡ʒ.liːdɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ɡ.liːðɑː]

Noun

ܓܠܝܼܕܵܐ • (glīdā) m sg (plural ܓܠܝܼܕܹ̈ܐ (glīdē))

  1. (uncountable) ice (water in its frozen state, a brittle transparent crystalline solid)
    ܢܲܗܪܲܢ ܒܣܸܬܘܵܐ ܗܲܡܵܫܵܐ ܡܘܼܟܣܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܓܠܝܼܕܵܐ، ܘܓܸܠܲܢ ܡܘܼܟܣܵܐ ܒܬܲܠܓܵܐ.
    nahran b-sitwā hammāšā muksā ìlēh b-glīdā, w-gillan muksā b-talgā.
    Our river during winter is always covered in ice, and our grass covered in snow.
    • Job 37:10:
      ܡ̣ܢ ܢܫܵܡܬܵܐ ܕܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܦܵܝܹܫ ܝܘܼܗ݇ܒ݂ܵܐ ܓܠܝܼܕܵܐ، ܘܦܸܬܘܵܐ ܕܡ̈ܝܼܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܦܵܝܫܵܐ ܡܘܼܥܝܸܩܬܵܐ.
      min nšāmtā d-allāhā kē pāyēš yūḇā glīdā, w-pitwā d-mīyā kē pāyšā muˁyiqtā.
      From the breath of God He gives forth ice, and the breadth of waters is left straightened.
  2. piece of ice

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܓܠܝܼܕܵܝܵܐ (glīdāyā, icy)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܐܓܠܝܕܐ (ʾaḡlīḏā)

Etymology

Possibly related to Latin gelidus. Compare Arabic جَلِيد (jalīd), Hebrew גְּלִיד (gəlîḏ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)liðɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)liðe] (plural)

Noun

ܓܠܝܕܐ • (gəlīḏā) m (plural ܓܠܝܕܐ)

  1. ice, icicle, crystal
  2. cold

Inflection

References

  • glyd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-01
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 48b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 70b
  • 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, page 236b
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