ܣܪܓܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܣ-ܪ-ܓ (s-r-ɡ) related to weaving, plaiting. Compare Arabic سَرْج (sarj), an Aramaic loan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sarɣɑː(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sarɣe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܪܓܐ • (sargā) m (plural ܣܪܓܐ)

1. saddle
2. saddlecloth, caparison
3. housing, covering

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܪܓܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܪܓ		1st person	ܣܪܓܝ		ܣܪܓܢ
	construct	ܣܪܓ		2nd person	ܣܪܓܟ	ܣܪܓܟܝ	ܣܪܓܟܘܢ	ܣܪܓܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܪܓܐ		3rd person	ܣܪܓܗ	ܣܪܓܗ	ܣܪܓܗܘܢ	ܣܪܓܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܪܓܝܢ		1st person	ܣܪܓܝ		ܣܪܓܝܢ
	construct	ܣܪܓܝ		2nd person	ܣܪܓܝܟ	ܣܪܓܝܟܝ	ܣܪܓܝܟܘܢ	ܣܪܓܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܪܓܐ		3rd person	ܣܪܓܘܗܝ	ܣܪܓܝܗ	ܣܪܓܝܗܘܢ	ܣܪܓܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Modified from above. Compare Arabic سَرَّاج (sarrāj), an Aramaic loan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sarrɑːɣɑː(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sarrɑːɣe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܪܓܐ • (sarrāgā) m (plural ܣܪܓܐ)

1. saddler, saddlemaker

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܪܓܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܪܓ		1st person	ܣܪܓܝ		ܣܪܓܢ
	construct	ܣܪܓ		2nd person	ܣܪܓܟ	ܣܪܓܟܝ	ܣܪܓܟܘܢ	ܣܪܓܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܪܓܐ		3rd person	ܣܪܓܗ	ܣܪܓܗ	ܣܪܓܗܘܢ	ܣܪܓܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܪܓܝܢ		1st person	ܣܪܓܝ		ܣܪܓܝܢ
	construct	ܣܪܓܝ		2nd person	ܣܪܓܝܟ	ܣܪܓܝܟܝ	ܣܪܓܝܟܘܢ	ܣܪܓܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܪܓܐ		3rd person	ܣܪܓܘܗܝ	ܣܪܓܝܗ	ܣܪܓܝܗܘܢ	ܣܪܓܝܗܝܢ

References

• “srg”, 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 236b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 389b
• 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 1042b