ܠܓܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ultimately from Latin leuga; compare Italian lega, Portuguese légua, and Spanish legua.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [lɪɡ.ɡɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [lid͡ʒ.d͡ʒɑː]

Noun

ܠܸܓܵܐ • (liggā) m sg (plural ܠܸܓܹ̈ܐ (liggē))

  1. league (unit of measure)

Inflection

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin leuga. Compare Italian lega, Portuguese légua, and Spanish legua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lɛɡɡɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [lɛɡɡe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܠܓܐ)

  1. league (unit of measure)
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [laɡɡɑ(ʔ)], [lɛɡɡɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed)

  1. absolute singular of ܠܓܬܐ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [laɡɡe(ʔ)], [lɛɡɡe(ʔ)]

Noun

ܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed)

  1. emphatic plural of ܠܓܬܐ

References

  • lg”, 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, p. 168b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 235b
  • 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. 672b
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