ܓܕܕܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܓ ܕ ܕ (g d d)
3 terms

Derived from the verb ܓܵܝܹܕ݂ (gāyēḏ, “to cut off ends”) with the latter sense a semantic loan from English.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ɡəðaː.ðaː.]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ɡəðaː.ðaː.]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒədaːdaː]

Noun

ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܐ • (gḏāḏā) m (plural ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹ̈ܐ (gḏāḏē) or ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܢܹ̈ܐ (gḏāḏānē))

1. thread, string, fiber
2. (in the plural) fibres
   1. tubular cells of bodily tissue
   2. spongy interior of a plant
   3. dietary fibres

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܐ (gḏāḏā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܝܼ (gḏāḏī)		ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܲܢ (gḏāḏan)
	construct	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ (gḏāḏ)	2nd person	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (gḏāḏūḵ)	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (gḏāḏāḵ)	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (gḏāḏāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܐ (gḏāḏā)	3rd person	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܗ (gḏāḏēh)	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܗ̇ (gḏāḏāh)	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܗܘܿܢ (gḏāḏhōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܝܼ̈ (gḏāḏī)		ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܲܢ̈ (gḏāḏan)
	construct	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܲܝ̈ (gḏāḏay)	2nd person	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (gḏāḏūḵ)	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (gḏāḏāḵ)	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (gḏāḏāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹ̈ܐ (gḏāḏē)	3rd person	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ (gḏāḏūh)	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂̈ܘܿܗ̇ (gḏāḏōh)	ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (gḏāḏhōn)

Derived terms

• ܓܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ (gḏāḏānāyā)