ܦܠܓܘܬܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܦ ܠ ܓ related to dividing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɑlɡuθɑ], [palɡuθɑ], [pɛlɡuθɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [pɑlaɣwɑθɑ], [pɑlɡ(ə)wɑθɑ], [palɡ(ə)wɑθɑ], [pɛlɡ(ə)wɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܦܠܓܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܦܠܓܘܬܐ)
- half, portion, share
- middle, center/centre
- (construct state; frequently used in compound words) half-, hemi-, semi-
- part, section, volume (of a book)
- rank, order
- division, faction, schism
- dissension, disagreement, discord
- pretense, feint, deceit, deception, duplicity
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܦܠܓܘ | 1st person | ܦܠܓܘܬܝ | ܦܠܓܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܦܠܓܘܬ | 2nd person | ܦܠܓܘܬܟ | ܦܠܓܘܬܟܝ | ܦܠܓܘܬܟܘܢ | ܦܠܓܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܦܠܓܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܦܠܓܘܬܗ | ܦܠܓܘܬܗ | ܦܠܓܘܬܗܘܢ | ܦܠܓܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܦܠܓܘܢ | 1st person | ܦܠܓܘܬܝ | ܦܠܓܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܦܠܓܘܬ | 2nd person | ܦܠܓܘܬܟ | ܦܠܓܘܬܟܝ | ܦܠܓܘܬܟܘܢ | ܦܠܓܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܦܠܓܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܦܠܓܘܬܗ | ܦܠܓܘܬܗ | ܦܠܓܘܬܗܘܢ | ܦܠܓܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “plgw”, 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 276a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 447a
- 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 1194b