ܬܓܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܛܓܡܐ (ṭeḡmā)
• ܬܐܓܡܐ (tēḡmā)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τάγμα (tágma); compare Arabic طُغْمَة (ṭuḡma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɛɣ.mɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tɛɣ.me] (plural)

Noun

ܬܓܡܐ • (teḡmā) c (plural ܬܓܡܐ)

1. (military) division, legion, company, troop, cohort
2. rank, class
3. (theology) angelic order
4. precept, command
5. kind, sort, fashion

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܓܡܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܬܓܡ		1st person	ܬܓܡܝ		ܬܓܡܢ
	construct	ܬܓܡ		2nd person	ܬܓܡܟ	ܬܓܡܟܝ	ܬܓܡܟܘܢ	ܬܓܡܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܓܡܐ		3rd person	ܬܓܡܗ	ܬܓܡܗ	ܬܓܡܗܘܢ	ܬܓܡܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܬܓܡܝܢ		1st person	ܬܓܡܝ		ܬܓܡܝܢ
	construct	ܬܓܡܝ		2nd person	ܬܓܡܝܟ	ܬܓܡܝܟܝ	ܬܓܡܝܟܘܢ	ܬܓܡܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܓܡܐ		3rd person	ܬܓܡܘܗܝ	ܬܓܡܝܗ	ܬܓܡܝܗܘܢ	ܬܓܡܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܒܪ ܬܓܡܐ (bar teḡmā)

References

• “tgmˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-01-01
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 387b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 604b
• 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, p. 1623b