Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܣ-ܓ-ܐ (s-ɡ-ʾ) related to extolling.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [soɣiθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [soɣjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܣܘܓܝܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܣܘܓܝܬܐ)

  1. song, canticle, hymn, dialogue poem

Inflection edit

References edit

  • swgy”, 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. 220a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 363b
  • 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. 976a