Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ܫ ܓ ܫ (š g š)
3 terms

Derived from the verb ܫܵܓ݂ܹܫ (šāḡēš, to shake).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʃəɣuʃ.jɑː]

Noun edit

ܫܓ݂ܘܼܫܝܵܐ (šḡušyām sg (plural ܫܓ݂ܘܼܫܝܹ̈ܐ (šḡušyē))

  1. chaos, mess, mayhem, disorder
    Synonym: ܬܘܼܗ ܘܒܘܼܗ (tūh w-būh)
  2. disturbance, tumult, commotion, uproar
    Synonyms: ܚܸܪܝܵܢܵܐ (ḥiryānā), ܪܵܘܒܵܐ (rāwbā)
  3. riot, sedition, trouble, affliction
    Synonym: ܡܸܪܕܵܐ (mirdā)

Inflection edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܫ-ܓ-ܫ (š-ɡ-š) related to troubling.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)ɣuʃjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)ɣuʃje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܫܓܘܫܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܫܓܘܫܝܐ)

  1. disturbance, tumult, commotion, uproar
  2. riot, sedition
  3. trouble, affliction

Inflection edit

References edit

  • šgwšy”, 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. 359b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 558b
  • 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. 1508a