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ܒܘܪܓܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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ܒܘܪܓܐ (būrgāʾm (plural ܒܘܪܓܐ)

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

Inflection

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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

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References

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  • bwrg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-15
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 26b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 130b