ܐܓܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܐ ܓ ܪ, related to hiring; compare Arabic أَجِير (ʔajīr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ʔăˈɣi.rɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔăˈɣi.rɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔăˈɣi.ro]

Noun

ܐܓܝܪܐ • (ʾăḡīrā) m (plural ܐܓܝܪܐ (ʾăḡīrē), singular feminine counterpart ܐܓܝܪܬܐ (ʾăḡīrtā))

1. hired worker, workman, hireling, employee, servant
   • Peshitta, Mark 1:20:

     ܘܩܪܐ ܐܢܘܢ. ܘܡܚܕܐ ܫܒܩܘ ܠܙܒܕܝ ܐܒܘܗܘܢ ܒܣܦܝܢܬܐ ܥܡ ܐܓܝܪ̈ܐ. ܘܐܙܠܘ ܒܬܪܗ.

     wa-qərā ʾennōn: wə-meḥəḏā šəḇaq[w] lə-Zaḇday ʾăḇūhōn ba-səp̄ī[n]tā ʿam ʾăḡīrē, wa-ʾĕzal[w] bāṯrēh.

     And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

2. (Christianity) catechumen, pledge

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܓܝܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܓܝܪ		1st person	ܐܓܝܪܝ		ܐܓܝܪܢ
	construct	ܐܓܝܪ		2nd person	ܐܓܝܪܟ	ܐܓܝܪܟܝ	ܐܓܝܪܟܘܢ	ܐܓܝܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܓܝܪܐ		3rd person	ܐܓܝܪܗ	ܐܓܝܪܗ	ܐܓܝܪܗܘܢ	ܐܓܝܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܓܝܪܝܢ		1st person	ܐܓܝܪܝ		ܐܓܝܪܝܢ
	construct	ܐܓܝܪܝ		2nd person	ܐܓܝܪܝܟ	ܐܓܝܪܝܟܝ	ܐܓܝܪܝܟܘܢ	ܐܓܝܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܓܝܪܐ		3rd person	ܐܓܝܪܘܗܝ	ܐܓܝܪܝܗ	ܐܓܝܪܝܗܘܢ	ܐܓܝܪܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܐܓܝܪܘܬܐ (ʾăḡīrūṯā)

References

• “ˀgyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-18
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 2b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 3a–b
• 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, page 7a