جرجس
See also: چرخش
Arabic
جُرْجُس
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios).
Alternative forms
- جَاوْرْجِيُوس (jāwrjiyūs)
- جُورْج (jōrj) (especially Lebanon)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒur.d͡ʒus/
- (Egypt) IPA(key): [ˈɡɪrɡɪs]
Proper noun
جُرْجُس • (jurjus) m
- (Saint) George, a legendary Christian martyr
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, George
Declension
Declension of noun جُرْجُس (jurjus)
| Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | جُرْجُس jurjus | — |
| Nominative | — | جُرْجُسُ jurjusu | — |
| Accusative | — | جُرْجُسَ jurjusa | — |
| Genitive | — | جُرْجُسَ jurjusa | — |
Etymology 2
جِرْجِس
Borrowed from Aramaic גַּרְגִּישְׁתָּא (gargīštā) / ܓܰܪܓܶܫܬܴܐ (gargeštā), of unknown origin.
Alternative forms
- قِرْقِس (qirqis)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒir.d͡ʒis/
Noun
جِرْجِس • (jirjis) m (obsolete)
- sealing earth, terra sigillata
Declension
Declension of noun جِرْجِس (jirjis)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جِرْجِس jirjis | الْجِرْجِس al-jirjis | جِرْجِس jirjis |
| Nominative | جِرْجِسٌ jirjisun | الْجِرْجِسُ al-jirjisu | جِرْجِسُ jirjisu |
| Accusative | جِرْجِسًا jirjisan | الْجِرْجِسَ al-jirjisa | جِرْجِسَ jirjisa |
| Genitive | جِرْجِسٍ jirjisin | الْجِرْجِسِ al-jirjisi | جِرْجِسِ jirjisi |
Etymology 3
From Classical Syriac ܓܰܪܓܳܣܴܐ (gargāsā, “a type of gnats”), ultimately probably onomatopoeic. Compare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic דגירגצא, גירגצא, גרגצא.
Alternative forms
- قِرْقِس (qirqis)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒir.d͡ʒis/
Noun
جِرْجِس • (jirjis) m (collective, singulative جِرْجِسَة f (jirjisa))
- (Syria, obsolete) any Nematocera insect: crane flies, gnats, mosquitoes
- Synonyms: بَعُوض (baʿūḍ), (Iraq) بَقّ (baqq), نَامُوس (nāmūs), بَرْغَش (barḡaš), خَمُوش (ḵamūš)
- bimaculated lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata), of which Melanocorypha bimaculata subsp. rufescens occurs in summer in Arabia and Northeastern Africa and in the Northern and Western edges of Greater Syria in winter, a gamebird, the other subspecies Melanocorypha bimaculata subsp. bimaculata East and South of the Caspian Sea)
Declension
Declension of noun جِرْجِس (jirjis)
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جِرْجِس jirjis | الْجِرْجِس al-jirjis | جِرْجِس jirjis |
| Nominative | جِرْجِسٌ jirjisun | الْجِرْجِسُ al-jirjisu | جِرْجِسُ jirjisu |
| Accusative | جِرْجِسًا jirjisan | الْجِرْجِسَ al-jirjisa | جِرْجِسَ jirjisa |
| Genitive | جِرْجِسٍ jirjisin | الْجِرْجِسِ al-jirjisi | جِرْجِسِ jirjisi |
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جِرْجِسَة jirjisa | الْجِرْجِسَة al-jirjisa | جِرْجِسَة jirjisat |
| Nominative | جِرْجِسَةٌ jirjisatun | الْجِرْجِسَةُ al-jirjisatu | جِرْجِسَةُ jirjisatu |
| Accusative | جِرْجِسَةً jirjisatan | الْجِرْجِسَةَ al-jirjisata | جِرْجِسَةَ jirjisata |
| Genitive | جِرْجِسَةٍ jirjisatin | الْجِرْجِسَةِ al-jirjisati | جِرْجِسَةِ jirjisati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | جِرْجِسَتَيْن jirjisatayn | الْجِرْجِسَتَيْن al-jirjisatayn | جِرْجِسَتَيْ jirjisatay |
| Nominative | جِرْجِسَتَانِ jirjisatāni | الْجِرْجِسَتَانِ al-jirjisatāni | جِرْجِسَتَا jirjisatā |
| Accusative | جِرْجِسَتَيْنِ jirjisatayni | الْجِرْجِسَتَيْنِ al-jirjisatayni | جِرْجِسَتَيْ jirjisatay |
| Genitive | جِرْجِسَتَيْنِ jirjisatayni | الْجِرْجِسَتَيْنِ al-jirjisatayni | جِرْجِسَتَيْ jirjisatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جِرْجِسَات jirjisāt | الْجِرْجِسَات al-jirjisāt | جِرْجِسَات jirjisāt |
| Nominative | جِرْجِسَاتٌ jirjisātun | الْجِرْجِسَاتُ al-jirjisātu | جِرْجِسَاتُ jirjisātu |
| Accusative | جِرْجِسَاتٍ jirjisātin | الْجِرْجِسَاتِ al-jirjisāti | جِرْجِسَاتِ jirjisāti |
| Genitive | جِرْجِسَاتٍ jirjisātin | الْجِرْجِسَاتِ al-jirjisāti | جِرْجِسَاتِ jirjisāti |
References
جرجس (اسم) on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar- “grgšh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “grgs”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “جرجس”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 182
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 252
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “جرجس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 263
- Freytag, Georg (1837), “قرقس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 263
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “جرجس”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 275
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “قرقس”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 723
- Shirihai, Hadoram; Svensson, Lars (2018) Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds. Volume 1: Passerines: Larks to Warblers, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 57