ܒܘܪܓܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), via Latin burgus or Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos). The sense of "zodiac sign" is influenced by Arabic بُرْج (burj), itself borrowed from Syriac.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [burɡɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [burɡe] (plural)

Noun

ܒܘܪܓܐ • (būrgā) m (plural ܒܘܪܓܐ)

  1. tower, turret, fortress
  2. columbarium
  3. (astrology) zodiac sign
    Synonym: ܡܠܘܫܐ

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܘܪܓܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܒܘܪܓ 1st person ܒܘܪܓܝ ܒܘܪܓܢ
construct ܒܘܪܓ 2nd person ܒܘܪܓܟ ܒܘܪܓܟܝ ܒܘܪܓܟܘܢ ܒܘܪܓܟܝܢ
emphatic ܒܘܪܓܐ 3rd person ܒܘܪܓܗ ܒܘܪܓܗ ܒܘܪܓܗܘܢ ܒܘܪܓܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܒܘܪܓܝܢ 1st person ܒܘܪܓܝ ܒܘܪܓܝܢ
construct ܒܘܪܓܝ 2nd person ܒܘܪܓܝܟ ܒܘܪܓܝܟܝ ܒܘܪܓܝܟܘܢ ܒܘܪܓܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܒܘܪܓܐ 3rd person ܒܘܪܓܘܗܝ ܒܘܪܓܝܗ ܒܘܪܓܝܗܘܢ ܒܘܪܓܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

  • → Arabic: بُرْج (burj)

References

  • “bwrg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 15 May 2011
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 26b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 39a
  • 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 130b
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