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

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܪܓ	ܡܪܓܝܢ
construct	ܡܪܓ	ܡܪܓܝ
emphatic	ܡܪܓܐ	ܡܪܓܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܪܓܝ	ܡܪܓܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܪܓܟ	ܡܪܓܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܪܓܟܝ	ܡܪܓܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܪܓܗ	ܡܪܓܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܪܓܗ	ܡܪܓܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܪܓܢ	ܡܪܓܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܪܓܟܘܢ	ܡܪܓܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܪܓܟܝܢ	ܡܪܓܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܪܓܗܘܢ	ܡܪܓܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܪܓܗܝܢ	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