ܬܓܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒁮𒃼 (tamkārum). Compare Arabic تَاجِر (tājir) and Hebrew תַּגָּר (taggār).

Alternative forms

• ܬܐܓܪܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [taɡɡɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [taɡɡɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܓܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܓܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܓܪܬܐ)

1. trader, merchant

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܓܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܬܓܪ		1st person	ܬܓܪܝ		ܬܓܪܢ
	construct	ܬܓܪ		2nd person	ܬܓܪܟ	ܬܓܪܟܝ	ܬܓܪܟܘܢ	ܬܓܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܓܪܐ		3rd person	ܬܓܪܗ	ܬܓܪܗ	ܬܓܪܗܘܢ	ܬܓܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܬܓܪܝܢ		1st person	ܬܓܪܝ		ܬܓܪܝܢ
	construct	ܬܓܪܝ		2nd person	ܬܓܪܝܟ	ܬܓܪܝܟܝ	ܬܓܪܝܟܘܢ	ܬܓܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܓܪܐ		3rd person	ܬܓܪܘܗܝ	ܬܓܪܝܗ	ܬܓܪܝܗܘܢ	ܬܓܪܝܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܬܓܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m

1. (alchemy, astronomy) Mercury

Etymology 2

From Arabic تَاجِر (tājir), related to above.

Alternative forms

• ܬܐܓܪܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [taɡɡɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [taɡɡɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܬܓܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܓܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܓܪܬܐ)

1. rich

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܓܪܐ

person	singular		plural
	m	f	m	f
absolute	ܬܓܪ	ܬܓܪܐ	ܬܓܪܝܢ	ܬܓܪܢ
construct	ܬܓܪ	ܬܓܪܬ	ܬܓܪܝ	ܬܓܪܬ
emphatic	ܬܓܪܐ	ܬܓܪܬܐ	ܬܓܪܐ	ܬܓܪܬܐ

Etymology 3

From the root ܓ-ܪ-ܝ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɛɣrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tɛɣre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܓܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܓܪܐ)

1. strife, contention

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܓܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܬܓܪ		1st person	ܬܓܪܝ		ܬܓܪܢ
	construct	ܬܓܪ		2nd person	ܬܓܪܟ	ܬܓܪܟܝ	ܬܓܪܟܘܢ	ܬܓܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܓܪܐ		3rd person	ܬܓܪܗ	ܬܓܪܗ	ܬܓܪܗܘܢ	ܬܓܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܬܓܪܝܢ		1st person	ܬܓܪܝ		ܬܓܪܝܢ
	construct	ܬܓܪܝ		2nd person	ܬܓܪܝܟ	ܬܓܪܝܟܝ	ܬܓܪܝܟܘܢ	ܬܓܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܓܪܐ		3rd person	ܬܓܪܘܗܝ	ܬܓܪܝܗ	ܬܓܪܝܗܘܢ	ܬܓܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “tgr”, 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, p. 387b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 604b-605q
• 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. 1624a