ܓܪܓܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܓ-ܪ-ܓ (ɡ-r-ɡ) related to inciting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɛrɡɑ(ʔ)], [ɡɑrɡɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡɛrɡe(ʔ)], [ɡɑrɡe(ʔ)] (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, page 256a