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ܒܘܪܓܐ

Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), via Latin burgus or Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos). The sense of "zodiac sign" is influenced by Arabic بُرْج (burj), itself borrowed from Syriac.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܒܘܪܓܐ • (būrgāʾ) m (plural ܒܘܪܓܐ)

  1. tower, turret, fortress
  2. columbarium
  3. (astrology) zodiac sign
    Synonym: ܡܠܘܫܐ

Inflection

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    inflection of ܒܘܪܓܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܒܘܪܓ ܒܘܪܓܝܢ
construct ܒܘܪܓ ܒܘܪܓܝ
emphatic ܒܘܪܓܐ ܒܘܪܓܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܒܘܪܓܝ ܒܘܪܓܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܒܘܪܓܟ ܒܘܪܓܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܒܘܪܓܟܝ ܒܘܪܓܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܒܘܪܓܗ ܒܘܪܓܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܒܘܪܓܗ ܒܘܪܓܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܒܘܪܓܢ ܒܘܪܓܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܒܘܪܓܟܘܢ ܒܘܪܓܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܒܘܪܓܟܝܢ ܒܘܪܓܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܒܘܪܓܗܘܢ ܒܘܪܓܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܒܘܪܓܗܝܢ ܒܘܪܓܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

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References

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  • “bwrg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-15
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 26b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 39a
  • 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. 130b
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