ܬܓܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek τάγμα (tágma); compare Arabic طُغْمَة (ṭuḡma).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [tɪɣ.mɑː]

Noun

ܬܸܓ݂ܡܵܐ • (tiḡmām (plural ܬܸܓ݂ܡܹ̈ܐ (tiḡmē))

  1. rank, caste, class
  2. (military) division, legion, company, troop, cohort

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܸܓ݂ܡܵܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܬܸܓ݂ܡ (tiḡm) 1st person ܬܸܓ݂ܡܝܼ (tiḡmī) ܬܸܓ݂ܡܲܢ (tiḡman)
construct ܬܸܓ݂ܡ (tiḡm) 2nd person ܬܸܓ݂ܡܘܼܟ݂ (tiḡmōḵ) ܬܸܓ݂ܡܵܟ݂ܝ (tiḡmāḵ) ܬܸܓ݂ܡܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tiḡmawḵōn)
emphatic ܬܸܓ݂ܡܵܐ (tiḡmā) 3rd person ܬܸܓ݂ܡܹܗ (tiḡmēh) ܬܸܓ݂ܡܵܗ̇ (tiḡmāh) ܬܸܓ݂ܡܗܘܿܢ (tiḡmhōn)
plural absolute ܬܸܓ݂ܡܝܼ̈ܢ (tiḡmīn) 1st person ܬܸܓ݂ܡܝܼ̈ (tiḡmī) ܬܸܓ݂ܡܲܢ̈ (tiḡman)
construct ܬܸܓ݂ܡܲܝ̈ (tiḡmay) 2nd person ܬܸܓ݂ܡܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (tiḡmōḵ) ܬܸܓ݂ܡܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (tiḡmāḵ) ܬܸܓ݂ܡܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tiḡmawḵōn)
emphatic ܬܸܓ݂ܡܹ̈ܐ (tiḡmē) 3rd person ܬܸܓ݂ܡܘܼ̈ܗܝ (tiḡmūh) ܬܸܓ݂ܡܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (tiḡmōh) ܬܸܓ݂ܡܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (tiḡmayhōn)

Derived terms

  • ܡܬܲܓܸܡ (mtaggim)
  • ܬܸܓ݂ܡܵܢܵܝܵܐ (tiḡmānāyā)
  • ܒܲܪ ܬܸܓ݂ܡܵܐ (bar tiḡmā)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܛܓܡܐ (ṭeḡmā)
  • ܬܐܓܡܐ (tēḡmā)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τάγμα (tágma); compare Arabic طُغْمَة (ṭuḡma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɛɣ.mɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tɛɣ.me] (plural)

Noun

ܬܓܡܐ • (teḡmāc (plural ܬܓܡܐ)

  1. (military) division, legion, company, troop, cohort
  2. rank, class
  3. (theology) angelic order
  4. precept, command
  5. kind, sort, fashion

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܓܡܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܬܓܡ 1st person ܬܓܡܝ ܬܓܡܢ
construct ܬܓܡ 2nd person ܬܓܡܟ ܬܓܡܟܝ ܬܓܡܟܘܢ ܬܓܡܟܝܢ
emphatic ܬܓܡܐ 3rd person ܬܓܡܗ ܬܓܡܗ ܬܓܡܗܘܢ ܬܓܡܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܬܓܡܝܢ 1st person ܬܓܡܝ ܬܓܡܝܢ
construct ܬܓܡܝ 2nd person ܬܓܡܝܟ ܬܓܡܝܟܝ ܬܓܡܝܟܘܢ ܬܓܡܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܬܓܡܐ 3rd person ܬܓܡܘܗܝ ܬܓܡܝܗ ܬܓܡܝܗܘܢ ܬܓܡܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

  • ܒܪ ܬܓܡܐ (bar teḡmā)

References

  • tgmˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 1 January 2017
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 387b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 604b
  • 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 1623b