ܐܪܓܘܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic אַרְגְּוָנָא (ʾargəwānā), from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (argamannu); compare Arabic أَرْجُوَان (ʔarjuwān) and Hebrew אַרְגָּמָן (argamán).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ܐܲܪܓܘܵܢܵܐ • (argwānā) (feminine ܐܲܪܓܘܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (argwānīṯā), plural ܐܲܪ̈ܓܘܵܢܹܐ (argwānē))
Noun
ܐܲܪܓܘܵܢܵܐ • (argwānā) m
- purple color
- (literary) Tyrian purple, royal purple
Coordinate terms
| ܚܘܵܪܵܐ (ḥwārā) | ܩܛܘܿܡܵܐ (qṭōmā) | ܐ݇ܟܘܿܡܵܐ (kōmā) |
| ܣܡܘܿܩܵܐ (smōqā); ܩܸܪܡܝܼܙܵܐ (qirmīzā) | ܐ݇ܛܪܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ (ṭrōḡā); ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ (purtqālā); ܫܚܘܿܡܵܐ (šḥōmā) | ܫܥܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ (šˁōṯā) |
| ܠܲܝܡܵܐ (laymā) | ܝܲܪܘܿܩܵܐ (yarōqā) | ܩܝܼܢܵܐ (qīnā) |
| ܟܝܵܢܵܐ (kyānā) | ܙܪܘܿܩܵܐ (zrōqā) | ܡܝܼܠܵܐ (mīlā) |
| ܒܵܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܝܵܐ (bānafšāyā); ܡܲܝܩܵܐ (mayqā) | ܦ̮ܘܼܫܝܼܵܐ (fūšīyā); ܐܲܪܓܘܵܢܵܐ (argwānā) | ܘܲܪܘܿܕ݂ܵܐ (warōḏā) |
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (argamannu). Compare Arabic أَرْجُوَان (ʔarjuwān) and Hebrew אַרְגָּמָן (ʾargāmān).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔarɡ(ə)wɑnɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʔarɡ(ə)wɑne] (plural)
Noun
ܐܪܓܘܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܪܓܘܢܐ)
- Tyrian purple, royal purple
- purple (cloth, garment; colour)
- Synonyms: ܣܣܓܘܢܐ, ܬܟܠܬܐ
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܪܓܘܢ | 1st person | ܐܪܓܘܢܝ | ܐܪܓܘܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܪܓܘܢ | 2nd person | ܐܪܓܘܢܟ | ܐܪܓܘܢܟܝ | ܐܪܓܘܢܟܘܢ | ܐܪܓܘܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܪܓܘܢܐ | 3rd person | ܐܪܓܘܢܗ | ܐܪܓܘܢܗ | ܐܪܓܘܢܗܘܢ | ܐܪܓܘܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܐܪܓܘܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܐܪܓܘܢܝ | ܐܪܓܘܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܪܓܘܢܝ | 2nd person | ܐܪܓܘܢܝܟ | ܐܪܓܘܢܝܟܝ | ܐܪܓܘܢܝܟܘܢ | ܐܪܓܘܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܪܓܘܢܐ | 3rd person | ܐܪܓܘܢܘܗܝ | ܐܪܓܘܢܝܗ | ܐܪܓܘܢܝܗܘܢ | ܐܪܓܘܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܐܪܓܘܢ
- ܐܪܓܘܢܝܐ
- ܐܪܓܘܢܝܘܬܐ
References
- “ˀrgwn”, 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 18b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 27b
- 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, →ISBN, page 95a