ܢܓܘܕܐ

Classical Syriac

FWOTD – 25 May 2015

Etymology 1

From the root ܢ-ܓ-ܕ related to guiding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [n(ə)ɣuðɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [n(ə)ɣuðe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܓܘܕܐ • (nāḡūḏā, nəḡūḏā) m (plural ܢܓܘܕܐ)

1. carved equipment, ornament
2. crooked staff used to drive a ball
3. golden drinking cup

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܓܘܕܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܓܘܕ		1st person	ܢܓܘܕܝ		ܢܓܘܕܢ
	construct	ܢܓܘܕ		2nd person	ܢܓܘܕܟ	ܢܓܘܕܟܝ	ܢܓܘܕܟܘܢ	ܢܓܘܕܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܓܘܕܐ		3rd person	ܢܓܘܕܗ	ܢܓܘܕܗ	ܢܓܘܕܗܘܢ	ܢܓܘܕܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܓܘܕܝܢ		1st person	ܢܓܘܕܝ		ܢܓܘܕܝܢ
	construct	ܢܓܘܕܝ		2nd person	ܢܓܘܕܝܟ	ܢܓܘܕܝܟܝ	ܢܓܘܕܝܟܘܢ	ܢܓܘܕܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܓܘܕܐ		3rd person	ܢܓܘܕܘܗܝ	ܢܓܘܕܝܗ	ܢܓܘܕܝܗܘܢ	ܢܓܘܕܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: نَاجُود (nājūd)

Etymology 2

From the root ܢ-ܓ-ܕ related to guiding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɑɣoðɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nɑɣoðe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܓܘܕܐ • (nāḡōḏā) m (plural ܢܓܘܕܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܓܘܕܬܐ)

1. leader, chief
2. guide (especially of the blind)
3. producer, progenitor
4. (grammar, orthography) kind of diacritical mark
5. piece of wood attaching a yoke to a cart

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܓܘܕܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܓܘܕ		1st person	ܢܓܘܕܝ		ܢܓܘܕܢ
	construct	ܢܓܘܕ		2nd person	ܢܓܘܕܟ	ܢܓܘܕܟܝ	ܢܓܘܕܟܘܢ	ܢܓܘܕܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܓܘܕܐ		3rd person	ܢܓܘܕܗ	ܢܓܘܕܗ	ܢܓܘܕܗܘܢ	ܢܓܘܕܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܓܘܕܝܢ		1st person	ܢܓܘܕܝ		ܢܓܘܕܝܢ
	construct	ܢܓܘܕܝ		2nd person	ܢܓܘܕܝܟ	ܢܓܘܕܝܟܝ	ܢܓܘܕܝܟܘܢ	ܢܓܘܕܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܓܘܕܐ		3rd person	ܢܓܘܕܘܗܝ	ܢܓܘܕܝܗ	ܢܓܘܕܝܗܘܢ	ܢܓܘܕܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ngwd”, 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 196b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 327b
• 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 888b