ܚܓܠܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Arabic حَجَل (ḥajal) and Hebrew חָגְלָה (ḥoḡlâ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܚܓܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܓܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܓܠܬܐ)
Usage notes
[edit]While the word is normally considered masculine, it may occasionally be feminine when specifically referring to a female.
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܚܓܠ | 1st person | ܚܓܠܝ | ܚܓܠܢ | |||
| construct | ܚܓܠ | 2nd person | ܚܓܠܟ | ܚܓܠܟܝ | ܚܓܠܟܘܢ | ܚܓܠܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܚܓܠܐ | 3rd person | ܚܓܠܗ | ܚܓܠܗ | ܚܓܠܗܘܢ | ܚܓܠܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܚܓܠܝܢ | 1st person | ܚܓܠܝ | ܚܓܠܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܚܓܠܝ | 2nd person | ܚܓܠܝܟ | ܚܓܠܝܟܝ | ܚܓܠܝܟܘܢ | ܚܓܠܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܚܓܠܐ | 3rd person | ܚܓܠܘܗܝ | ܚܓܠܝܗ | ܚܓܠܝܗܘܢ | ܚܓܠܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
[edit]- “ḥgl”, 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 96a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 126a
- 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, pages 412b-413a