ܡܓܕܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܓ ܕ ܠ related to twisting. Compare Hebrew מִגְדָּל (miḡdāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maɣd(ə)lɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maɣd(ə)le] (plural)

Noun

ܡܓܕܠܐ • (maḡdlā) m (plural ܡܓܕܠܐ)

  1. tower
  2. turret, bulwark

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܓܕܠܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܡܓܕܠ 1st person ܡܓܕܠܝ ܡܓܕܠܢ
construct ܡܓܕܠ 2nd person ܡܓܕܠܟ ܡܓܕܠܟܝ ܡܓܕܠܟܘܢ ܡܓܕܠܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܓܕܠܐ 3rd person ܡܓܕܠܗ ܡܓܕܠܗ ܡܓܕܠܗܘܢ ܡܓܕܠܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܡܓܕܠܝܢ 1st person ܡܓܕܠܝ ܡܓܕܠܝܢ
construct ܡܓܕܠܝ 2nd person ܡܓܕܠܝܟ ܡܓܕܠܝܟܝ ܡܓܕܠܝܟܘܢ ܡܓܕܠܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܓܕܠܐ 3rd person ܡܓܕܠܘܗܝ ܡܓܕܠܝܗ ܡܓܕܠܝܗܘܢ ܡܓܕܠܝܗܝܢ

References

  • “mgdl”, 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 43a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 249b
  • 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 707a
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