ܓܢܣܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Root
ܓ ܢ ܣ (g n s)
1 term

Etymology

From Aramaic גֵּנְסָא (gensā), from Ancient Greek γένος (génos); compare also borrowed into Arabic جِنْس (jins).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [ɡɪn.sɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɪn.sɑː]

Noun

ܓܸܢܣܵܐ • (ginsā) m sg (plural ܓܸܢܣܹ̈ܐ (ginsē) or ܓܸܢܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ginsānē))

  1. genus, kind, type, sort
    Synonyms: ܐܲܕܫܵܐ (adšā), ܙܢܵܐ (znā), ܦܸܨܠܵܐ (piṣlā)
  2. gender, sex
  3. (grammar) gender

Inflection
Inflection of ܓܸܢܣܵܐ (ginsā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute – 1st person ܓܸܢܣܝܼ
(ginsī)		 ܓܸܢܣܲܢ
(ginsan)
construct ܓܢܸܣ
(gnis)		 2nd person ܓܸܢܣܘܼܟ݂
(ginsūḵ)		 ܓܸܢܣܵܟ݂ܝ
(ginsāḵ)		 ܓܸܢܣܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(ginsāwḵōn)
emphatic ܓܸܢܣܵܐ
(ginsā)		 3rd person ܓܸܢܣܹܗ
(ginsēh)		 ܓܸܢܣܵܗ̇
(ginsāh)		 ܓܸܢܣܗܘܿܢ
(ginshōn)
plural absolute – 1st person ܓܸܢܣܝܼ̈
(ginsī)		 ܓܸܢܣܲܢ̈
(ginsan)
construct ܓܸܢܣܲܝ̈
(ginsay)		 2nd person ܓܸܢܣܘܼ̈ܟ݂
(ginsūḵ)		 ܓܸܢܣܵܟ݂ܝ̈
(ginsāḵ)		 ܓܸܢܣܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(ginsāwḵōn)
emphatic ܓܸܢܣܹ̈ܐ
(ginsē)		 3rd person ܓܸܢܣܘܼ̈ܗܝ
(ginsūh)		 ܓܸܢܣ̈ܘܿܗ̇
(ginsōh)		 ܓܸܢܣܗ̈ܘܿܢ
(ginshōn)

Derived terms
  • ܒܲܪ ܓܸܢܣܵܐ (bar ginsā)
  • ܓܠܝܼܙ ܓܸܢܣܵܐ (glīz ginsā)
  • ܓܲܢܸܣ (gannis)
  • ܓܸܢܣܵܝܵܐ (ginsāyā)
  • ܓܸܢܣܵܢܵܝܵܐ (ginsānāyā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γένος (génos).

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

Noun

ܓܢܣܐ • (gensā) m (plural ܓܢܣܢܐ (gensānē) or ܓܢܣܐ (gensē))

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

Inflection
    declension of ܓܢܣܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܓܢܣ ܓܢܣܢܝܢ ,ܓܢܣܝܢ
construct ܓܢܣ ܓܢܣܢܝ ,ܓܢܣܝ
emphatic ܓܢܣܐ ܓܢܣܢܐ ,ܓܢܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܓܢܣܝ ܓܢܣܢܝ ,ܓܢܣܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܓܢܣܟ ܓܢܣܢܝܟ ,ܓܢܣܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܓܢܣܟܝ ܓܢܣܢܝܟܝ ,ܓܢܣܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܓܢܣܗ ܓܢܣܢܘܗܝ ,ܓܢܣܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܓܢܣܗ ܓܢܣܢܝܗ ,ܓܢܣܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܓܢܣܢ ܓܢܣܢܝܢ ,ܓܢܣܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܓܢܣܟܘܢ ܓܢܣܢܝܟܘܢ ,ܓܢܣܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܓܢܣܟܝܢ ܓܢܣܢܝܟܝܢ ,ܓܢܣܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܓܢܣܗܘܢ ܓܢܣܢܝܗܘܢ ,ܓܢܣܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܓܢܣܗܝܢ ܓܢܣܢܝܗܝܢ ,ܓܢܣܝܗܝܢ

Descendants
  • → Arabic: جِنْس (jins)

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, page 52a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, pages 249a–b
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.