Classical Syriac edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃɛɣmɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃɛɣme] (plural)

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Arabic سَجَم (sajam, water, tear).

Noun edit

ܫܓܡܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܫܓܡܐ)

  1. stream, torrent
  2. downpour
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܫ-ܓ-ܡ (š-ɡ-m). Compare Hebrew שֶׁגֶם (šéḡem).

Noun edit

ܫܓܡܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܫܓܡܐ)

  1. occupation, employment, application
  2. zeal, assiduity
  3. cajolery, artifice
  4. carelessness, neglect
  5. error, accident
  6. chance, haphazard, fortune, spontaneous event
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit

References edit

  • šgm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-10
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 359a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 559a
  • 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. 1510a