ܐܓܡܐ

From Aramaic 𐡀𐡂𐡌 (ʾgm), borrowed into West Semitic from Akkadian 𒀀𒂵𒈬𒌝 (agammum), from Sumerian 𒀀𒂵𒄠 (agam); compare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אַגְמָא (ʾaḡmā), Hebrew אֲגַם (ʾăḡamm, “lake, swamp”), Arabic أَجَمَة (ʔajama, “jungle, brushwood”).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛɣ.mɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʔaɣ.mɑ], [ˈʔɑɣ.mɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛɣ.mo]

The Eastern pronunciations differ from the expected *[ˈʔɪɣ.mɑ].

ܐܓܡܐ • (ʾeḡmā) m (plural ܐܓܡܐ (ʾeḡmē))

1. swamp, marsh, meadow
2. pool, standing water
   • Peshitta, Psalms 107:27:

     ܕܥܒܕ ܡܕܒܪܐ ܠܐܓܡ̈ܐ ܕܡܝ̈ܐ

     da-ʿəḇaḏ maḏbərā lə-ʾeḡmē ḏə-mayyā

     He turneth the wilderness into a standing water

3. (botany) reed (especially Egyptian papyrus)
   • Peshitta, Job 8:11:

     ܕܠܡܐ ܣܓܐ ܐܓܡܐ ܒܐܬܪܐ ܨܗܝܐ: ܐܘ ܝܥܐ ܐܪܒܢܐ ܐܝܟܐ ܕܠܝܬ ܡܝ̈ܐ.

     da-lə-mā sāḡē ʾeḡmā ḇə-ʾaṯrā ṣahyā? ʾaw yāʿē ʾarbānā ʾaykā ḏə-layt mayyā?

     Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?

• ܐܓܡܢܝܐ (ʾeḡmānāyā)

• “ˀgm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-05-13
• Costaz, Louis (2002) “ܐܶܓܡܳܐ”, in Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 2b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) “ܐܶܓܡܳܐ”, in A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 3a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) “ܐܸܓܡܵܐ”, in 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, page 7b