ܦܓܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܦ-ܓ-ܥ, related to coming upon; compare Hebrew פֶּגַע (péḡaʿ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛɣ.ʕɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈpɪɣ.ʕɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛɣ.ʕo]

Noun

ܦܓܥܐ • (peḡʿā) m (plural ܦܓܥܐ (peḡʿē))

1. chance meeting, assembly, concourse
   • Peshitta, Ecclesiastes 9:11:

     :ܘܗܦ̇ܟܬ ܘܚܙ̇ܝܬ ܬܚܝܬ ܫܡܫܐ: ܕܠܐ ܠܩܠܝ̈ܠܐ ܪܗܛܐ: ܘܠܐ ܠܓܢܒܪ̈ܐ ܩܪܒܐ: ܘܠܐ ܠܚܟܝܡ̈ܐ ܠܚܡܐ: ܘܠܐ ܠܣܟܘܠܬܢ̈ܐ ܥܘܬܪܐ: ܘܠܐ ܠܝܕܘܥܬܢ̈ܐ ܫܘܒܚܐ. ܡܛܠ ܕܙܒܢܐ ܘܦܓܥܐ ܓܕܫ ܠܟܠܗܘܢ.

     wə-hep̄keṯ wa-ḥəzīṯ təḥêṯ šemšā, də-lā lə-qallīlē rahṭā, wə-lā lə-ḡa[n]bārē qərāḇā, wə-lā lə-ḥakkīmē laḥmā, wə-lā lə-sakkūləṯānē ʿuṯrā, wə-lā lə-yaddūʿəṯānē šuḇḥā; meṭṭol də-zaḇnā wə-p̄eḡʿā ḡāḏeš lə-ḵolhōn.

     I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

2. interview
3. presence, appearance
4. occurrence, event
5. accident, mischance, destruction
6. attack, hostile encounter
7. onset
8. reading aloud

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܓܥܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܓܥ		1st person	ܦܓܥܝ		ܦܓܥܢ
	construct	ܦܓܥ		2nd person	ܦܓܥܟ	ܦܓܥܟܝ	ܦܓܥܟܘܢ	ܦܓܥܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܓܥܐ		3rd person	ܦܓܥܗ	ܦܓܥܗ	ܦܓܥܗܘܢ	ܦܓܥܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܓܥܝܢ		1st person	ܦܓܥܝ		ܦܓܥܝܢ
	construct	ܦܓܥܝ		2nd person	ܦܓܥܝܟ	ܦܓܥܝܟܝ	ܦܓܥܝܟܘܢ	ܦܓܥܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܓܥܐ		3rd person	ܦܓܥܘܗܝ	ܦܓܥܝܗ	ܦܓܥܝܗܘܢ	ܦܓܥܝܗܝܢ

References

• “pgˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-26
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 269a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 434a
• 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 1154b-1155a