ܓܪܓܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܓ ܪ ܓ related to inciting.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɛrɡɑ], [ɡɑrɡɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡɛrɡe], [ɡɑrɡe] (plural)

Noun

ܓܪܓܐ • (gergā) m (plural ܓܪܓܐ)

  1. bait
  2. lure, thread, rope
  3. snare, toil, net, web
  4. (medicine) cupping instrument

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܪܓܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܓܪܓ 1st person ܓܪܓܝ ܓܪܓܢ
construct ܓܪܓ 2nd person ܓܪܓܟ ܓܪܓܟܝ ܓܪܓܟܘܢ ܓܪܓܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܪܓܐ 3rd person ܓܪܓܗ ܓܪܓܗ ܓܪܓܗܘܢ ܓܪܓܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܓܪܓܝܢ 1st person ܓܪܓܝ ܓܪܓܝܢ
construct ܓܪܓܝ 2nd person ܓܪܓܝܟ ܓܪܓܝܟܝ ܓܪܓܝܟܘܢ ܓܪܓܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܓܪܓܐ 3rd person ܓܪܓܘܗܝ ܓܪܓܝܗ ܓܪܓܝܗܘܢ ܓܪܓܝܗܝܢ

References

  • “grg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 53b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 77b
  • 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 256a
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