Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Late variant of ܠܓܡܐ (lgāmā, bridle), from Persian لگام (legâm) as is Arabic لِجَام (lijām).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [luɣmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [luɣme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܠܘܓܡܐ (lūḡmā, luḡmām (plural ܠܘܓܡܐ)

  1. bridle, curb
  2. (anatomy) jaw

Inflection edit

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

References edit

  • lwgmˀ”, 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, page 168b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 237a
  • 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, page 676b