Classical Syriac

Noun

ܫܓܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܫܓܡܐ)

1. stream, torrent
2. downpour

Inflection

Derived terms

• ܫܓܡܐ ܕܡܛܪܐ

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ-ܓ-ܡ ‎(š-ɡ-m). Compare Hebrew שֶׁגֶם ‎(šéḡem).

Noun

ܫܓܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܫܓܡܐ)

1. occupation, employment, application
2. zeal, assiduity
3. cajolery, artifice
4. carelessness, neglect
5. error, accident
6. chance, haphazard, fortune, spontaneous event

Inflection

Derived terms

• ܒܓܘ ܫܓܡܐ ܕܩܪܒܐ
• ܒܫܓܡܐ
• ܕܫܓܡܐ
• ܗܘܐ ܒܫܓܡܐ

References

• “$gm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-10
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 359a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 559a
• 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. 1510a