ܫܪܓܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
From Aramaic שְרָגָא (šərāḡā), from Parthian *𐫢𐫡𐫀𐫄 (*šrʾɣ /širāɣ/); related to Persian چراغ (čerâğ), Old Armenian ճրագ (črag), and Arabic سِرَاج (sirāj).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܫܪܵܓ݂ܵܐ • (šrāḡā) f (plural ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܹܐ (šrāḡāṯē) or ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܹܐ (šrāḡē))
- lamp, light (device containing oil or electric device that generates heat, light or other radiation)
- ܡܘܼܠܗܸܒ݂ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܘܥܝܼܪ ܠܲܢ. ― mulhiḇ lhōn šrāḡāṯē w-ˁīr lan. ― They turned on lights and we woke up.
- ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܕܵܥܟ݂ܝܼ، ܟܹܐ ܚܵܙܲܚ ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܨܸܦܝܵܐܝܼܬ݂.
- īman d-šrāḡāṯē dāˁḵī, kē ḥāzaḥ kāwḵḇē ṣipyāˀīṯ.
- When the lights go out, we can see the stars clearly.
- headlight, headlamp (bright light with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle, ship, or train)
- streetlight (outdoor light used to illuminate a street or public area)
Inflection edit
Inflection of ܫܪܵܓ݂ܵܐ (šrāḡā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܫܪܵܓ݂ܝܼ (šrāḡī) |
ܫܪܵܓ݂ܲܢ (šrāḡan) | ||
| construct | ܫܪܵܓ݂ (šrāḡ) |
2nd person | ܫܪܵܓ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (šrāḡūḵ) |
ܫܪܵܓ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (šrāḡāḵ) |
ܫܪܵܓ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šrāḡāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܫܪܵܓ݂ܵܐ (šrāḡā) |
3rd person | ܫܪܵܓ݂ܹܗ (šrāḡēh) |
ܫܪܵܓ݂ܵܗ̇ (šrāḡāh) |
ܫܪܵܓ݂ܗܘܿܢ (šrāḡhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬܝܼ (šrāḡātī) |
ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬܲܢ (šrāḡātan) | ||
| construct | ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ (šrāḡāt) |
2nd person | ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬܘܼܟ݂ (šrāḡātūḵ) |
ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ (šrāḡātāḵ) |
ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šrāḡātāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬܹܐ (šrāḡātē) |
3rd person | ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬܘܼܗܝ (šrāḡātūh) |
ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬܘܿܗ̇ (šrāḡātōh) |
ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬܗܘܿܢ (šrāḡāthōn) | ||
See also edit
- ܡܢܵܪܬܵܐ (mnārtā)
- ܠܲܡܦܹܝܕ݂ܵܐ (lampēḏā)
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
From Parthian *𐫢𐫡𐫀𐫄 (*šrʾɣ /širāɣ/). Compare Persian چراغ (čerâğ), Old Armenian ճրագ (črag), and Arabic سِرَاج (sirāj).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܫܪܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܪܓܐ)
- light; lamp, lantern, candelabrum, wick
Inflection edit
inflection of ܫܪܓܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܫܪܓ | ܫܪܓܝܢ |
| construct | ܫܪܓ | ܫܪܓܝ |
| emphatic | ܫܪܓܐ | ܫܪܓܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܫܪܓܝ | ܫܪܓܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܫܪܓܟ | ܫܪܓܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܫܪܓܟܝ | ܫܪܓܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܫܪܓܗ | ܫܪܓܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܫܪܓܗ | ܫܪܓܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܫܪܓܢ | ܫܪܓܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܫܪܓܟܘܢ | ܫܪܓܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܫܪܓܟܝܢ | ܫܪܓܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܫܪܓܗܘܢ | ܫܪܓܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܫܪܓܗܝܢ | ܫܪܓܝܗܝܢ |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- “šrgˀ”, 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. 383a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 597a
- 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.1601a-b