ܕܘܓܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܕ-ܓ-ܓ (d-ɡ-ɡ), related to deafening.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈduɡ.ɡɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ˈduɡ.ɡe] (plural)

Adjective

ܕܘܓܐ • (dūggā) m (plural ܕܘܓܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܕܘܓܬܐ)

  1. deaf
Inflection

Noun

ܕܘܓܐ • (dūggā) m (plural ܕܘܓܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܕܘܓܬܐ)

  1. deaf person, deaf-mute
  2. (alchemy) lead
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ܕܘܓܘܬܐ (dūggūṯā)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian *dug; compare Persian دوغ (duğ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdaw.ɡɑ]

Noun

ܕܘܓܐ • (dawgā) m (uncountable)

  1. sour milk
Inflection

References

  • dwg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-15
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 58b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 85a
  • 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, p. 277b
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