Classical Syriac edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [paɡɡɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [paɡɡe(ʔ)] (plural)

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Arabic فِجّ (fijj, unripe) and Hebrew פַּגָּה (paggâ).

Noun edit

ܦܓܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܦܓܐ)

  1. unripe fig, sycomore
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic فَاغِيَّة (fāḡiyya).

Noun edit

ܦܓܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܦܓܐ)

  1. henna flower
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

Compare Arabic فَجّ (fajj)

Noun edit

ܦܓܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܦܓܐ)

  1. crossroads
Inflection edit

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

ܦܓܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܦܓܐ)

  1. Alternative form of ܦܟܐ
Inflection edit

References edit

  • pg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 433a
  • 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. 1153a