ܡܓܙܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܓ ܙ ܪ related to cutting off. Compare Hebrew מִגְזָר (miḡzār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maɣz(ə)rɑ], [maɣzɑrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [maɣz(ə)re], [maɣzɑre] (plural)

Noun

ܡܓܙܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܓܙܪܐ)

1. knife, dagger
2. lancet, scalpel
3. plowshare
4. saw
5. axe, hatchet
6. chisel

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܓܙܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܓܙܪ		1st person	ܡܓܙܪܝ		ܡܓܙܪܢ
	construct	ܡܓܙܪ		2nd person	ܡܓܙܪܟ	ܡܓܙܪܟܝ	ܡܓܙܪܟܘܢ	ܡܓܙܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܓܙܪܐ		3rd person	ܡܓܙܪܗ	ܡܓܙܪܗ	ܡܓܙܪܗܘܢ	ܡܓܙܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܓܙܪܝܢ		1st person	ܡܓܙܪܝ		ܡܓܙܪܝܢ
	construct	ܡܓܙܪܝ		2nd person	ܡܓܙܪܝܟ	ܡܓܙܪܝܟܝ	ܡܓܙܪܝܟܘܢ	ܡܓܙܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܓܙܪܐ		3rd person	ܡܓܙܪܘܗܝ	ܡܓܙܪܝܗ	ܡܓܙܪܝܗܘܢ	ܡܓܙܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “mgzr”, 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 46b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, →ISBN, page 708a