ܙܠܓܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
| Root |
|---|
| ܙ ܠ ܓ (z l g) |
| 1 term |
Etymology
From Aramaic זֵלְגָּא (zelgā)
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ˈzɪl.ɣɑː]
Noun
ܙܸܠܓ݂ܵܐ • (zilḡā) m sg (plural ܙܸܠܓ݂ܹ̈ܐ (zilḡē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܙܸܠܓ݂ (zilḡ) | 1st person | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܝܼ (zilḡī) | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܲܢ (zilḡan) | |||
| construct | ܙܸܠܓ݂ (zilḡ) | 2nd person | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (zilḡōḵ) | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (zilḡāḵ) | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (zilḡawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܵܐ (zilḡā) | 3rd person | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܹܗ (zilḡēh) | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܵܗ̇ (zilḡāh) | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܗܘܿܢ (zilḡhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܝܼ̈ܢ (zilḡīn) | 1st person | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܝܼ̈ (zilḡī) | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܲܢ̈ (zilḡan) | |||
| construct | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܲܝ̈ (zilḡay) | 2nd person | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (zilḡōḵ) | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (zilḡāḵ) | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (zilḡawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܹ̈ܐ (zilḡē) | 3rd person | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ (zilḡūh) | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (zilḡōh) | ܙܸܠܓ݂ܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (zilḡayhōn) | |||
Holonyms
- ܙܸܠܓ݂ܵܐ ܟܵܬ݂ܘܿܕܵܝܵܐ (zilḡā kāṯōdāyā, “cathode ray”)
- ܙܸܠܓ݂ܵܐ ܓܵܡܲܠܵܝܵܐ (zilḡā gāmallāyā, “gamma ray”)
- ܙܸܠܓ݂ܵܐ ܣܝܼܢܵܝܵܐ (zilḡā sīnāyā, “X-ray”)
Derived terms
- ܐܵܣܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܙܸܠܓ݂ܵܢܵܝܬܵܐ (āsyūtā zilḡānāytā, “radiology”)
- ܙܘܼܠܵܓ݂ܵܐ (zullāḡā, “radiation”)
- ܙܘܼܠܵܓ݂ܵܝܵܐ (zūlāḡāyā, “radioactive”)
- ܙܲܠܸܓ݂ (zalliḡ, “to radiate”)
- ܙܸܠܓ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ (zilḡānāyā, “radial”)
- ܨܘܼܪܲܬ ܙܸܠܓ݂ܹ̈ܐ (ṣūrat zilḡē, “radiograph”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܙ ܠ ܓ, related to shining.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzɛl.ɡɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ˈzɛl.ɡe] (plural), IPA(key): [ˈzɛl.ɣe] (plural, Eastern Syriac)
Noun
ܙܠܓܐ • (zelgā) m (plural ܙܠܓܐ)
- (of light) shine, brilliance, radiance; ray
- (of fire) glow, brightness
- (astronomy, in the plural) meteors
- (figuratively) splendor/splendour
- (figuratively) comment, gloss
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܙܠܓ | 1st person | ܙܠܓܝ | ܙܠܓܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܠܓ | 2nd person | ܙܠܓܟ | ܙܠܓܟܝ | ܙܠܓܟܘܢ | ܙܠܓܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܠܓܐ | 3rd person | ܙܠܓܗ | ܙܠܓܗ | ܙܠܓܗܘܢ | ܙܠܓܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܙܠܓܝܢ | 1st person | ܙܠܓܝ | ܙܠܓܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܠܓܝ | 2nd person | ܙܠܓܝܟ | ܙܠܓܝܟܝ | ܙܠܓܝܟܘܢ | ܙܠܓܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܠܓܐ | 3rd person | ܙܠܓܘܗܝ | ܙܠܓܝܗ | ܙܠܓܝܗܘܢ | ܙܠܓܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “zlg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 17 October 2018
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 88b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 116b
- 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 381b