ܓܠܕܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gild-; compare Akkadian 𒋢𒄀𒅋𒁺 (/⁠gildu⁠/), Arabic جِلْد (jild), and Hebrew גֶּלֶד (géleḏ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɛldɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡɛlde(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܠܕܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܠܕܐ)

  1. (anatomy) skin
  2. hide, leather

Inflection

References

  • gld”, 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. 48b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 70a
  • 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. 233a

Turoyo

Etymology

From the older form ܓܶܠܕܐ (geldo). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gild-.

Noun

ܓܰܠܕܳܐ • (galdo) m

  1. (anatomy) skin
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