ܚܪܓܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḥargil-.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ħarˈɡɑ.lɑ], [ˈħar.ɡ(ə.)lɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [xarˈɡɑ.lɑ], [ˈxar.ɡlɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ħɑrˈɡo.lo], [ˈħɑr.ɡlo]

The vocalization ḥargəlā is given by Bar Hebraeus (b. 1226 - d. 1286).

Noun

ܚܪܓܠܐ • (ḥargālā, ḥargəlām (plural ܚܪܓܠܐ (ḥargālē, ḥargəlē))

  1. cricket; large wingless locust
    • Peshitta, Leviticus 11:22:
      ܗܠܝܢ ܐܟܘܠܘ ܡܢܗܘܢ: ܩܡܨܐ ܠܓܢܣܗ: ܘܚܪܓܠܐ ܠܓܢܣܗ.
      hālēn ʾăḵol[w] mennəhōn: qamṣā lə-ḡensēh, wə-ḥargālā lə-ḡensēh.
      Of these you may eat: the locust in its kind, and the cricket in its kind.

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܪܓܠܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܚܪܓܠ 1st person ܚܪܓܠܝ ܚܪܓܠܢ
construct ܚܪܓܠ 2nd person ܚܪܓܠܟ ܚܪܓܠܟܝ ܚܪܓܠܟܘܢ ܚܪܓܠܟܝܢ
emphatic ܚܪܓܠܐ 3rd person ܚܪܓܠܗ ܚܪܓܠܗ ܚܪܓܠܗܘܢ ܚܪܓܠܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܚܪܓܠܝܢ 1st person ܚܪܓܠܝ ܚܪܓܠܝܢ
construct ܚܪܓܠܝ 2nd person ܚܪܓܠܝܟ ܚܪܓܠܝܟܝ ܚܪܓܠܝܟܘܢ ܚܪܓܠܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܚܪܓܠܐ 3rd person ܚܪܓܠܘܗܝ ܚܪܓܠܝܗ ܚܪܓܠܝܗܘܢ ܚܪܓܠܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

  • Old Armenian: խարագուլ (xaragul)

References

  • ḥrgl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 13 January 2013
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խարագուլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 340a
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 116a
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 304
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 972, page 65
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 156a
  • 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 487a