ܦܓܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܦ-ܓ-ܥ (p-ɡ-ʿ), related to coming upon; compare Hebrew פֶּגַע (péḡaʿ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛɣ.ʕɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈpɪɣ.ʕɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛɣ.ʕo]

Noun

ܦܓܥܐ • (peḡʿā) m (plural ܦܓܥܐ (peḡʿē))

1. chance meeting, assembly, concourse
   • Peshitta, Ecclesiastes 9:11:

     :ܘܗܦ̇ܟܬ ܘܚܙ̇ܝܬ ܬܚܝܬ ܫܡܫܐ: ܕܠܐ ܠܩܠܝ̈ܠܐ ܪܗܛܐ: ܘܠܐ ܠܓܢܒܪ̈ܐ ܩܪܒܐ: ܘܠܐ ܠܚܟܝܡ̈ܐ ܠܚܡܐ: ܘܠܐ ܠܣܟܘܠܬܢ̈ܐ ܥܘܬܪܐ: ܘܠܐ ܠܝܕܘܥܬܢ̈ܐ ܫܘܒܚܐ. ܡܛܠ ܕܙܒܢܐ ܘܦܓܥܐ ܓܕܫ ܠܟܠܗܘܢ.

     wə-hep̄keṯ wa-ḥəzīṯ təḥêṯ šemšā, də-lā lə-qallīlē rahṭā, wə-lā lə-ḡa[n]bārē qərāḇā, wə-lā lə-ḥakkīmē laḥmā, wə-lā lə-sakkūləṯānē ʿuṯrā, wə-lā lə-yaddūʿəṯānē šuḇḥā; meṭṭol də-zaḇnā wə-p̄eḡʿā ḡāḏeš lə-ḵolhōn.

     I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

2. interview
3. presence, appearance
4. occurrence, event
5. accident, mischance, destruction
6. attack, hostile encounter
7. onset
8. reading aloud

Inflection

    inflection of ܦܓܥܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܦܓܥ	ܦܓܥܝܢ
construct	ܦܓܥ	ܦܓܥܝ
emphatic	ܦܓܥܐ	ܦܓܥܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܦܓܥܝ	ܦܓܥܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܦܓܥܟ	ܦܓܥܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܦܓܥܟܝ	ܦܓܥܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܦܓܥܗ	ܦܓܥܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܦܓܥܗ	ܦܓܥܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܦܓܥܢ	ܦܓܥܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܦܓܥܟܘܢ	ܦܓܥܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܦܓܥܟܝܢ	ܦܓܥܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܦܓܥܗܘܢ	ܦܓܥܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܦܓܥܗܝܢ	ܦܓܥܝܗܝܢ

References

• “pgˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-26
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 269a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 434a
• 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, pages 1154b-1155a