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gns, gnsˀ (gnes, gensā) n.m. kind
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kind, species
Palmyrene, Doura, CPA, Syr, JBAg, Man
DurEurParch 13↗ מ]ן̊ כ̊ל̇ גנס̇י̊ה̊[ון ד]ז̊ר̇[ע‏ ; CPA(le97) Gen 6:20↗ ܡܢ ܟܘܠ ܦܪܚܢ ܕܦܪܚܢ ܠܓܢܣܗܝܢ‏ ; AphDem14.268:5↗ ܘܬܫܘܝܢ ܕܟܠ ܓܢܣ̈ܢܝܢ‏ : beds of all kinds ; P Gn1:21↗ ܕܐܪܚܫܘ ܡ̈ܝܐ ܠܓܢܣܗܘܢ‏ : the water produced creeping creatures by their species
(1)
ܟܠ ܓܢܣ : of every kind
Palmyrene, Syr
OS MtCur13:47↗ ܘܡܢ ܟܠ ܓܢܣ ܟܢܫܬ‏ : (the net) collected (fish) of every kind
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ܓܢܣ ܓܢܣ : each kind of, various (pl.: ܓܢܣ ܓܢܣܝ̈ܢ)
Syr
LG 9:2(2)↗ ܒܲܙܒܲܢ ܒܢܘ݂ܪܵܐ ܘܒܲܙܒܲܢ ܒܒܲܪܕܵܐ ܘܲܒܟܽܠ ܢܸܣܝ̈ܘ݂ܢܼܝܢ ܕܲܓܢܸܣ ܓܢܸܣ‏ : sometimes by fire and sometimes by hail and all kinds of trials ; JbEd BTr 300.2:21↗ ܚܕ ܡ݂ܢ ܥܣܪ̈ܐ ܓܢ̈ܣܐ ܓܢܣ ܓܢܣܝ̈ܢ‏ : one of the ten various categories
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ܓܢܸܣ ܂܂܂ ܘܲܓܢܸܣ : one kind ... another kind
Syr
LG 29:9(4)↗ ܓܢܸܣ ܓܸܝܪ ܝܲܘ̈ܡܵܬܵܐ ܕܨܵܐܸܡ ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ܃ ܘܲܓܢܸܣ ܝܲܘ̈ܡܵܬܵܐ ܕܠܵܥܸܣ‏ : for there are some days that a person fasts and other kinds of days that he eats something
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ܕܓܢܣ : such, such a one, of such a kind
CPA
CPA 1Cor16:18↗ ܗܘܘ ܡܟܪ̈ܝܢ ܐܘܢ ܠܕܓܢܣ ܗܠܝܢ‏ : so acknowledge those who are of such a kind ; CPA Heb7:26↗ ܕܓܢܣ ܟܕܢ ܓܪ ܗܘܐ ܐܘܦ ܫܦܪ ܠܢ ܪܝܫ ܟܗ̈ܢܝܢ‏ : for a high priest of such a kind also became fine for us
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family, familial origin
Syr, Man, LJLA
TgJ 1Sam17:4tos↗ גברא פולומרכא דאיתיליד מביני תרתי גניסן‏ : the warrior who had been born out of two families ; EphNis 35:9.1↗ ܐܕܡ | ܗ݀ܘ ܡܒܘܥܐ ܕܪܕܘ ܡܢܗ | ܟܠ ܓܢܣ̈ܢܝܢ‏ : Adam, that source from which all families flowed ; IIMac5:22↗ ܦܝܠܝܦܘܣ ܕܓܢܣܗ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܦܪܘܓܝܐ‏ : Phillip, whose family origin was Phrygian ; JS_Elijah 4:194↗ ܐܸܠܼܝܵܐ ܣܵܢܸܐ ܠܓܸܢܣܲܢ‏ : Elijah, our family’s enemy ; TgIChron 26:31↗ לגניסוי לאבהתא‏ : by patriarchal familiar line [MT לְתֹלְדֹתָיו לְאָבוֹת]
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genealogy
Syr
(2)
race
CPA, Syr
BHMQ7 1.1.1 ܪܝܫ ܓܢܣܢ‏ : the head of our race
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(gram.) gender
Syr
BhGr 9:8 ܓܢ̈ܣܐ ܕܟܪܢܝܐ ܘܢܩܒܬܢܝܐ‏ : genders: masculine and feminine ; Jbh 15:25 ܓܢ̈ܣܐ ܕܟܪܢܝܐ ܘܢܩܒ݂ܬ݂ܢܝܐ‏ ; KingDionThr 451:19 ܓܢܣܐ ܗܟܝܠ ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܡ݁ܢ ܝܘܢܝܐ ܬܠܬܐ ܂܂܂ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ܓܢ̈ܣܐ ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ ܬܪ̈ܝܢ‏ : there are three genders then in Greek but two genders in Syriac
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LJLA גניס ; pl. ܓܢܣ̈ܢܐ܂ ܓܢܣ̈ܐ‏; for the only known singular example with the second nun see citations; CPA rarely ܓܢܘܣ.
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Greek γένος. In BarHebraeus, this word is used corresponding more to our scientific nomenclature of "species", while for our more inclusive terms "genus" or "family" he tends to use šrbh; q.v. See also s.v. gnws.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 249[125]DJBA: 297aJastrow: 260Drower/Macuch: 91bPayne-Smith: 753J. Payne-Smith: 75Levy Ch-W: 1:149DNWSI: 230DCPA[Schulthess]: 75[39]

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