# ܓܘܕܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

From Aramaic גּוּדָא (guddā), from Middle Persian gwnd (gund, “army, troop”); compare Arabic جُنْد (jund).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [ɡuddaː]
* (Nineveh Plains) IPA: [ɡuːdaː]
* (Urmia) IPA: [d͡ʒuːda]

#### Noun

ܓܘܼܕܵܐ • (guddā) m sg (plural ܓܘܼܕܵܢܹ̈ܐ (guddānē))
* (architecture) wall
    Synonym: ܫܘܼܪܵܐ (šūrā)
** c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Acts 23:3:ܐ݇ܡܝܼܪ ܠܹܗ ܦܵܘܠܘܿܣ ܐܸܠܘܼܗܝ: «ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܡܵܚܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂، ܝܵܐ ܓܘܼܕܵܐ ܡܘܼܚܘܸܪܵܐ. ܐܲܢ݇ܬ ܕܝܬ݂ܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܒܸܕܝܵܢܝܼ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܢܵܡܘܿܣܵܐ، ܒܢܲܦ̮ܫܘܼܟ݂ ܒܸܫܡܵܛܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܢܵܡܘܿܣܵܐ، ܟܲܕ݂ ܒܸܦܩܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܕܡܵܚܝܼ ܠܝܼ؟»mīr lēh pāwlōs ilūh: “allāhā bit māḥē lūḵ, yā guddā mūḥwirrā. at diṯīḇā ìwet bidyānī ayḵ nāmōsā, bnafšūḵ bišmāṭā ìwet nāmōsā, kaḏ bipqāḏā ìwet dmāḥī lī?”Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! For you sit to judge me according to the law, and do you command me to be struck contrary to the law?”

##### Inflection
#### Noun

ܓܘܼܕܵܐ • (guddā) f (plural ܓܘܼܕܹ̈ܐ (guddē))
* (military) company, rank, troop, band
    Synonyms: ܣܝܼܥܬܵܐ (sīˁtā), ܓܘܼܫܡܵܐ (gušmā)

##### Derived terms

* ܓܘܼܕܵܐ ܡܘܿܣܝܼܩܵܪܵܝܬܵܐ (guddā mōsīqārāytā)

### Etymology 2

Related to ܓܲܘܕܵܐ (gawdā, “leather bottle”). Compare Akkadian 𒋢𒄖𒁺 (gūdu) and Georgian გუდა (guda), Aramaic loanwords.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [ɡuːðaː]

#### Noun

ܓܘܼܕ݂ܵܐ • (gūḏā) m sg (plural ܓܘܼܕ݂ܹ̈ܐ (gūḏē))
* churn, a type of vessel used to create butter

##### Derived terms

* ܓܘܼܕ݂ܵܢܬܵܐ (gūḏāntā, “small churn”)

## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

From Middle Persian gwnd (gund, “army, troop”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡuddɑ] (in the singular)
* IPA: [ɡudde] (in the plural)

#### Noun

ܓܘܕܐ • (guddā) f (plural ܓܘܕܐ (guddē))
* (military) company, rank, troop, band
* choir, chorus

##### Usage notes

While the word is normally considered feminine, it also rarely occurs as masculine.

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡuddɑ] (in the singular)
* IPA: [ɡuddɑne] (in the plural)

#### Noun

ܓܘܕܐ • (guddā) m (plural ܓܘܕܢܐ (guddānē))
* (architecture) wall
* rampart
* hedge, mound
* stone pulpit in church's nave

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3

Compare Akkadian 𒋢𒄖𒁺 (gūdu), Georgian გუდა (guda).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡawdɑ] (in the singular)
* IPA: [ɡawde] (in the plural)

#### Noun

ܓܘܕܐ • (gawdā) f (plural ܓܘܕܐ (gawdē))
* leather bottle
* (figuratively) small amount

##### Inflection
### Further reading

* “gwd$^3$”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* “gwd$^4$”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* “gwd$^2$”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 108a
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 44a
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 62b–63a
* 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, →ISBN, page 211b