ܠܓܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ultimately from Latin leuga; compare Italian lega, Portuguese légua, and Spanish legua.
Pronunciation
Noun
ܠܸܓܵܐ • (liggā) m sg (plural ܠܸܓܹ̈ܐ (liggē))
- league (unit of measure)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܠܸܓ (lig) | 1st person | ܠܸܓܝܼ (ligī) | ܠܸܓܲܢ (liggan) | |||
| construct | ܠܸܓ (lig) | 2nd person | ܠܸܓܘܼܟ݂ (ligōḵ) | ܠܸܓܵܟ݂ܝ (liggāḵ) | ܠܸܓܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (liggawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܠܸܓܵܐ (liggā) | 3rd person | ܠܸܓܹܗ (liggēh) | ܠܸܓܵܗ̇ (liggāh) | ܠܸܓܗܘܿܢ (lighōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܠܸܓܝܼ̈ܢ (ligīn) | 1st person | ܠܸܓܝܼ̈ (ligī) | ܠܸܓܲܢ̈ (liggan) | |||
| construct | ܠܸܓܲܝ̈ (liggay) | 2nd person | ܠܸܓܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ligōḵ) | ܠܸܓܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (liggāḵ) | ܠܸܓܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (liggawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܠܸܓܹ̈ܐ (liggē) | 3rd person | ܠܸܓܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ligūh) | ܠܸܓܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (liggōh) | ܠܸܓܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (liggayhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Latin leuga. Compare Italian lega, Portuguese légua, and Spanish legua.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lɛɡɡɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [lɛɡɡe] (plural)
Noun
ܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܠܓܐ)
- league (unit of measure)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܠܓ | 1st person | ܠܓܝ | ܠܓܢ | |||
| construct | ܠܓ | 2nd person | ܠܓܟ | ܠܓܟܝ | ܠܓܟܘܢ | ܠܓܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܠܓܐ | 3rd person | ܠܓܗ | ܠܓܗ | ܠܓܗܘܢ | ܠܓܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܠܓܝܢ | 1st person | ܠܓܝ | ܠܓܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܠܓܝ | 2nd person | ܠܓܝܟ | ܠܓܝܟܝ | ܠܓܝܟܘܢ | ܠܓܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܠܓܐ | 3rd person | ܠܓܘܗܝ | ܠܓܝܗ | ܠܓܝܗܘܢ | ܠܓܝܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [laɡɡɑ], [lɛɡɡɑ]
Noun
ܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [laɡɡe], [lɛɡɡe]
Noun
ܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed)
References
- “lg”, 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 168b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 235b
- 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 672b