ܡܓܘܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (maguš). Compare Arabic مَجُوسِيّ (majūsiyy), Hebrew מָגוֹשׁ (māḡôš) and Sogdian ܡܓ݂ܘ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ɣuʃɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ɣuʃe] (plural)

Noun

ܡܓܘܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܓܘܫܐ)

1. (Zoroastrianism) magus, Zoroastrian priest or follower
2. mage, magician, wizard

Inflection

    inflection of ܡܓܘܫܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܓܘܫ	ܡܓܘܫܝܢ
construct	ܡܓܘܫ	ܡܓܘܫܝ
emphatic	ܡܓܘܫܐ	ܡܓܘܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܓܘܫܝ	ܡܓܘܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܓܘܫܟ	ܡܓܘܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܓܘܫܟܝ	ܡܓܘܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܓܘܫܗ	ܡܓܘܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܓܘܫܗ	ܡܓܘܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܓܘܫܢ	ܡܓܘܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܓܘܫܟܘܢ	ܡܓܘܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܓܘܫܟܝܢ	ܡܓܘܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܓܘܫܗܘܢ	ܡܓܘܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܓܘܫܗܝܢ	ܡܓܘܫܝܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܡܓܘܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m

1. Magi

References

• “mgwš”, 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 177b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 249b-250a
• 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 707b