ܫܪܓܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܫ ܪ ܓ (š r g) |
| 1 term |
Inherited from Aramaic שְרָגָא (šərāḡā), from Parthian *𐫢𐫡𐫀𐫄 (*šrʾɣ /širāɣ/); related to Persian چراغ (čerâġ), Old Armenian ճրագ (črag), and Arabic سِرَاج (sirāj).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʃrɑːɣɑː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʃˤrɑːjɑː]
- (Urmia) IPA(key): [ʃrɑːjɑː]
Noun
ܫܪܵܓ݂ܵܐ • (šrāḡā) f (plural ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (šrāḡāṯā) or ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܹܐ (šrāḡē))
- lamp, light (device containing oil or electric device that generates heat, light or other radiation)
- ܡܘܼܠܗܸܒ݂ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܘܥܝܼܪ ܠܲܢ.
- mulhiḇ lhōn šrāḡāṯā w-ˁīr lan.
- They turned on lights and we woke up.
- ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܵܥܟ݂ܝܼ، ܟܹܐ ܚܵܙܹܝܚ ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܨܸܦܝܵܐܝܼܬ݂.
- īman d-šrāḡāṯā dāˁḵī, kē ḥāzēḥ kawḵḇē ṣipyāˀīṯ.
- When the lights go out, we can see the stars clearly.
- headlight, headlamp (bright light with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle, ship, or train)
- streetlight (outdoor light used to illuminate a street or public area)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܫܪܵܓ݂ (šrāḡ) | 1st person | ܫܪܵܓ݂ܝܼ (šrāḡī) | ܫܪܵܓ݂ܲܢ (šrāḡan) | |||
| construct | ܫܪܵܓ݂ (šrāḡ) | 2nd person | ܫܪܵܓ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (šrāḡōḵ) | ܫܪܵܓ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (šrāḡāḵ) | ܫܪܵܓ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šrāḡawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܪܵܓ݂ܵܐ (šrāḡā) | 3rd person | ܫܪܵܓ݂ܹܗ (šrāḡēh) | ܫܪܵܓ݂ܵܗ̇ (šrāḡāh) | ܫܪܵܓ݂ܗܘܿܢ (šrāḡhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܢ (šrāḡān) | 1st person | ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܝܼ (šrāḡāṯī) | ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܲܢ (šrāḡāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ (šrāḡāṯ) | 2nd person | ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (šrāḡāṯōḵ) | ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (šrāḡāṯāḵ) | ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šrāḡāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (šrāḡāṯā) | 3rd person | ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܹܗ (šrāḡāṯēh) | ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (šrāḡāṯāh) | ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (šrāḡāṯhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܫܪܵܓ݂ܵܢܵܐ (šrāḡānā)
- ܫܪܲܓ݂ܪܵܓ݂ܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (šraḡrāḡīṯā)
See also
- ܡܢܵܪܬܵܐ (mnārtā)
- ܠܲܡܦܹܝܕ݂ܵܐ (lampēḏā)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Parthian *𐫢𐫡𐫀𐫄 (*šrʾɣ /širāɣ/). Compare Persian چراغ (čerâġ), Old Armenian ճրագ (črag), and Arabic سِرَاج (sirāj).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)rɑɣɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)rɑɣe] (plural)
Noun
ܫܪܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܪܓܐ)
- light; lamp, lantern, candelabrum, wick
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܫܪܓ | 1st person | ܫܪܓܝ | ܫܪܓܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܪܓ | 2nd person | ܫܪܓܟ | ܫܪܓܟܝ | ܫܪܓܟܘܢ | ܫܪܓܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܫܪܓܐ | 3rd person | ܫܪܓܗ | ܫܪܓܗ | ܫܪܓܗܘܢ | ܫܪܓܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܫܪܓܝܢ | 1st person | ܫܪܓܝ | ܫܪܓܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܪܓܝ | 2nd person | ܫܪܓܝܟ | ܫܪܓܝܟܝ | ܫܪܓܝܟܘܢ | ܫܪܓܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܫܪܓܐ | 3rd person | ܫܪܓܘܗܝ | ܫܪܓܝܗ | ܫܪܓܝܗܘܢ | ܫܪܓܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܫ-ܪ-ܓ
See also
References
- “šrgˀ”, 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 383a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 597a
- 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, pages 1601a–b