ܡܓܘ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܓ ܘ ܐ (g w ˀ)
9 terms

Alternative forms

• ܡ̣ܢ ܓܵܘ (min gāw)

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [məɡoː]

Preposition

ܡܓܵܘ • (mgāw)

1. from, out of

   Antonym: ܠܓܵܘ (lgāw)

   ܡܡܲܠܠܘܼܠܹܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܡܓܵܘ ܕܡܵܟ݂ܵܗ̇ ― mmallūlē ìwā mgāw dmāḵāh ― She was talking in her sleep.

   ܩܵܛܘܿ ܫܘܝܼܪ ܠܵܗ̇ ܡܓܵܘ ܣܲܠܵܐ. ― qāṭō šwīr lāh mgāw sallā. ― The cat lept out of the basket.

2. (mathematics) out of expressing a fraction of a larger number

   Synonym: ܒ- (b-)

   ܒܲܠܚܘܿܕ ܬܠܵܬܵܐ ܡܓܵܘ ܬܡܵܢܸܥܣܲܪ ܝܵܠܘܿܦܹ̈ܐ ܫܘܼܠܸܡ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܩܸܪ̈ܝܵܢܹܐ.

   balḥōd tlātā mgāw tmāniˁsar yālōpē šūlim lhōn qiryānē.

   Only three out of eighteen students completed the work.

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܓܵܘ (mgāw)
Base Form			ܡܓܵܘ (mgāw)
Personal-pronoun including forms	singular		plural
	m	f
1st person	ܡܓܵܘܝܼ (mgāwī)		ܡܓܵܘܲܢ (mgāwan)
2nd person	ܡܓܵܘܘܼܟ݂ (mgāwūḵ)	ܡܓܵܘܵܟ݂ܝ (mgāwāḵ)	ܡܓܵܘܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mgāwāwḵōn)
3rd person	ܡܓܵܘܹܗ (mgāwēh)	ܡܓܵܘܵܗ̇ (mgāwāh)	ܡܓܵܘܗܘܿܢ (mgāwhōn)

Sogdian

Alternative forms

• Syriac ܡܘܓ݂ (mwɣ)
• Sogdian 𐼺𐼴𐼲 (mwɣ)
• Manichaean 𐫖𐫇γ𐫛𐫤𐫇 (mwγptw)

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (m-gu-š)

Noun

ܡܓܘ (maɣu)

1. magus
2. Magian

References

• Gharib, B. (1995) “mγw”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, § 5315, page 211