ܛܪܘܓܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܛܪܘܓܐ (ʾaṭruggā)

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *ātrung, later reflected in Persian بادرنگ (bâdrang, “citron”). Compare Jewish Palestinian Aramaic / Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אַתְרוּגָּא (ʾaṯruggā), Arabic أُتْرُجّ (ʔutrujj), Hebrew אֶתְרוֹג (ʾeṯrṓḡ). Ultimately from Sanskrit मातुलुङ्ग (mātuluṅga, “citron tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tˤ(ə)ruɡɡɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tˤ(ə)ruɡɡe] (plural)

Noun

ܛܪܘܓܐ • (ṭəruggā) c (plural ܛܪܘܓܐ (ṭəruggē))

1. citron, orange (tree and fruit)

Inflection

Inflection of ܛܪܘܓܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܛܪܘܓ		1st person	ܛܪܘܓܝ		ܛܪܘܓܢ
	construct	ܛܪܘܓ		2nd person	ܛܪܘܓܟ	ܛܪܘܓܟܝ	ܛܪܘܓܟܘܢ	ܛܪܘܓܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܛܪܘܓܐ		3rd person	ܛܪܘܓܗ	ܛܪܘܓܗ	ܛܪܘܓܗܘܢ	ܛܪܘܓܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܛܪܘܓܝܢ		1st person	ܛܪܘܓܝ		ܛܪܘܓܝܢ
	construct	ܛܪܘܓܝ		2nd person	ܛܪܘܓܝܟ	ܛܪܘܓܝܟܝ	ܛܪܘܓܝܟܘܢ	ܛܪܘܓܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܛܪܘܓܐ		3rd person	ܛܪܘܓܘܗܝ	ܛܪܘܓܝܗ	ܛܪܘܓܝܗܘܢ	ܛܪܘܓܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ṭrwg”, 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 132a.
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 12b, 181b.
• 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 549a
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 399–400
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 620–621