Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܣ-ܪ-ܓ (s-r-ɡ) related to weaving, plaiting. Compare Arabic سَرْج (sarj), an Aramaic loan.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sarɣɑː(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sarɣe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܣܪܓܐ (sargām (plural ܣܪܓܐ)

  1. saddle
  2. saddlecloth, caparison
  3. housing, covering
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

Modified from above. Compare Arabic سَرَّاج (sarrāj), an Aramaic loan.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sarrɑːɣɑː(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sarrɑːɣe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܣܪܓܐ (sarrāgām (plural ܣܪܓܐ)

  1. saddler, saddlemaker
Inflection edit

References edit

  • srg”, 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, page 236b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 389b
  • 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, page 1042b