Number: 2632
Proto-Semitic: *gayŝ-
Meaning: 'army, raiding detachment; shield; spear'
Arabic: ǯayš- 'armée, surtout grande et complète'; ǯyš 'ressembler des troupes' (cf. ǯawš-ān- 'cuirasse' rather < ǯawš- 'poitrine')
Epigraphic South Arabian: gys2 'unit, detachment' SD 52 (<Arb.?)
Geʕez (Ethiopian): gāys, gāyso 'shield, spear, haft of spear' LGz 209 (Ludolf: < Greek gaisos 'javelin')
Tigre: gašša 'shield' LH 581; cf. gays 'robbing excursion, booty' LH 597 (otherwise < gesä 'go, walk' ibid.)
Tigrai (Tigriñña): gašša 'shield' LGur 299
Amharic: gašša 'round shield' LGur 299, 'military prowess' LGz 209; gayso 'k. of spear' (ibid.)
Argobba: gašša 'shield' LGur 299
Gurage: gašša 'shield; k. of spear' (two diff. roots in LGur 299); gaš(š)ä 'to raid' (LGur 299: represents gažžä, but see Tgr!);
Jibbali: s̃ǝ-gēŝ 'collect (tribe for battle, etc.), s̃ǝ-gyéŝ 'go and ask one's fellow-tribesmen to come and help' (otherwise from 47)
