ܦܬܓܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Aramaic פִּתְגָמָא, from old Iranian *patigāma-. Compare Persian پیغام (peyğâm), Hebrew פִּתְגָּם (piṯgām). See the Persian entry for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɛθ(ə)ɣɑmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pɛθ(ə)ɣɑme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܬܓܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܬܓܡܐ)

  1. word
  2. sentence, saying
  3. paragraph, text
  4. (grammar) phrase
  5. (poetry) line, verse, versicle
  6. (prosody) foot, hemistich
  7. matter, thing, affair
  8. fact, act
  9. answer, response

Inflection

References

  • ptgm”, 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. 295b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 469b
  • 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. 1264a
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