ܢܓܘܕܐ
Classical Syriac
FWOTD – 25 May 2015
Etymology 1
From the root ܢ ܓ ܕ related to guiding.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [n(ə)ɣuðɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [n(ə)ɣuðe] (plural)
Noun
ܢܓܘܕܐ • (nāḡūḏā, nəḡūḏā) m (plural ܢܓܘܕܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܓܘܕ | 1st person | ܢܓܘܕܝ | ܢܓܘܕܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܓܘܕ | 2nd person | ܢܓܘܕܟ | ܢܓܘܕܟܝ | ܢܓܘܕܟܘܢ | ܢܓܘܕܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܓܘܕܐ | 3rd person | ܢܓܘܕܗ | ܢܓܘܕܗ | ܢܓܘܕܗܘܢ | ܢܓܘܕܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܢܓܘܕܝܢ | 1st person | ܢܓܘܕܝ | ܢܓܘܕܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܓܘܕܝ | 2nd person | ܢܓܘܕܝܟ | ܢܓܘܕܝܟܝ | ܢܓܘܕܝܟܘܢ | ܢܓܘܕܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܓܘܕܐ | 3rd person | ܢܓܘܕܘܗܝ | ܢܓܘܕܝܗ | ܢܓܘܕܝܗܘܢ | ܢܓܘܕܝܗܝܢ | ||
Descendants
- → Arabic: نَاجُود (nājūd)
Etymology 2
From the root ܢ ܓ ܕ related to guiding.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɑɣoðɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [nɑɣoðe] (plural)
Noun
ܢܓܘܕܐ • (nāḡōḏā) m (plural ܢܓܘܕܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܓܘܕܬܐ)
- leader, chief
- guide (especially of the blind)
- producer, progenitor
- (grammar, orthography) kind of diacritical mark
- piece of wood attaching a yoke to a cart
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܓܘܕ | 1st person | ܢܓܘܕܝ | ܢܓܘܕܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܓܘܕ | 2nd person | ܢܓܘܕܟ | ܢܓܘܕܟܝ | ܢܓܘܕܟܘܢ | ܢܓܘܕܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܓܘܕܐ | 3rd person | ܢܓܘܕܗ | ܢܓܘܕܗ | ܢܓܘܕܗܘܢ | ܢܓܘܕܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܢܓܘܕܝܢ | 1st person | ܢܓܘܕܝ | ܢܓܘܕܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܓܘܕܝ | 2nd person | ܢܓܘܕܝܟ | ܢܓܘܕܝܟܝ | ܢܓܘܕܝܟܘܢ | ܢܓܘܕܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܓܘܕܐ | 3rd person | ܢܓܘܕܘܗܝ | ܢܓܘܕܝܗ | ܢܓܘܕܝܗܘܢ | ܢܓܘܕܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “ngwd”, 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 196b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 327b
- 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 888b