ܠܝܩܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܠܐܩܐ (lēqā), ܠܩܐ (lēqā)

Etymology

From the root ܠ ܝ ܩ related to rowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [le̝.qɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [le̝.qe] (plural)

Noun

ܠܝܩܐ • (lêqā) m (plural ܠܝܩܐ)

1. oar
2. (figuratively) controls, rudder, helm, reins, wheel, etc.

Inflection

Inflection of ܠܝܩܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܠܝܩ		1st person	ܠܝܩܝ		ܠܝܩܢ
	construct	ܠܝܩ		2nd person	ܠܝܩܟ	ܠܝܩܟܝ	ܠܝܩܟܘܢ	ܠܝܩܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܠܝܩܐ		3rd person	ܠܝܩܗ	ܠܝܩܗ	ܠܝܩܗܘܢ	ܠܝܩܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܠܝܩܝܢ		1st person	ܠܝܩܝ		ܠܝܩܝܢ
	construct	ܠܝܩܝ		2nd person	ܠܝܩܝܟ	ܠܝܩܝܟܝ	ܠܝܩܝܟܘܢ	ܠܝܩܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܠܝܩܐ		3rd person	ܠܝܩܘܗܝ	ܠܝܩܝܗ	ܠܝܩܝܗܘܢ	ܠܝܩܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• (oar): ܓܕܘܦܐ (gāḏōp̄ā)

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: ղեկ (łek), ղեակ (łeak), յղեակ (yłeak)
  • → Armenian: ղեկ (ġek) (learned)

References

• “lyq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-07
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 174a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 241b
• 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 689a