ܠܝܩܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܠܐܩܐ (lēqā), ܠܩܐ (lēqā)

Etymology

From the root ܠ ܝ ܩ related to rowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [le̝.qɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [le̝.qe] (plural)

Noun

ܠܝܩܐ • (lêqā) m (plural ܠܝܩܐ)

  1. oar
  2. (figuratively) controls, rudder, helm, reins, wheel, etc.

Inflection

Inflection of ܠܝܩܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܠܝܩ 1st person ܠܝܩܝ ܠܝܩܢ
construct ܠܝܩ 2nd person ܠܝܩܟ ܠܝܩܟܝ ܠܝܩܟܘܢ ܠܝܩܟܝܢ
emphatic ܠܝܩܐ 3rd person ܠܝܩܗ ܠܝܩܗ ܠܝܩܗܘܢ ܠܝܩܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܠܝܩܝܢ 1st person ܠܝܩܝ ܠܝܩܝܢ
construct ܠܝܩܝ 2nd person ܠܝܩܝܟ ܠܝܩܝܟܝ ܠܝܩܝܟܘܢ ܠܝܩܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܠܝܩܐ 3rd person ܠܝܩܘܗܝ ܠܝܩܝܗ ܠܝܩܝܗܘܢ ܠܝܩܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Old Armenian: ղեկ (łek), ղեակ (łeak), յղեակ (yłeak)
    • → Armenian: ղեկ (ġek) (learned)

References

  • “lyq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 7 May 2013
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 174a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 241b
  • 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 689a
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