ܡܪܓܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Parthian 𐫖𐫡𐫃 (mrg /⁠marγ⁠/, “meadow”), from Proto-Iranian *márgaH. Compare Old Armenian մարգ (marg) and Arabic مَرْج (marj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [marɡɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [mar(ə)ɣe] (in the plural)

Noun

ܡܪܓܐ • (margā) m (plural ܡܪܓܐ (marḡē))

1. meadow

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܪܓܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܪܓ		1st person	ܡܪܓܝ		ܡܪܓܢ
	construct	ܡܪܓ		2nd person	ܡܪܓܟ	ܡܪܓܟܝ	ܡܪܓܟܘܢ	ܡܪܓܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܪܓܐ		3rd person	ܡܪܓܗ	ܡܪܓܗ	ܡܪܓܗܘܢ	ܡܪܓܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܪܓܝܢ		1st person	ܡܪܓܝ		ܡܪܓܝܢ
	construct	ܡܪܓܝ		2nd person	ܡܪܓܝܟ	ܡܪܓܝܟܝ	ܡܪܓܝܟܘܢ	ܡܪܓܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܪܓܐ		3rd person	ܡܪܓܘܗܝ	ܡܪܓܝܗ	ܡܪܓܝܗܘܢ	ܡܪܓܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [marɡɑ]

Noun

ܡܪܓܐ • (margā) m(uncountable)

1. Alternative form of ܡܟܪܐ

References

• “mrg”, 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 191a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 299a
• 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 825b–826a