ܢܪܓܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܢ ܓ ܪ (n g r)
2 terms

Possibly related to ܢܲܓܵܪܵܐ (naggārā, “carpenter”) through metathesis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [narɣaː.]
• (Barwari) IPA^(key): [nara]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [narra]

Noun

ܢܲܪܓ݂ܵܐ • (narḡā) m sg

1. axe

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Possibly related to ܢܓܪܐ (naggārā, “carpenter”) through metathesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɑr(ə)ɣɑ], [nɑrɡɑ], [nar(ə)ɣɑ], [narɡɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nɑr(ə)ɣe], [nɑrɡe], [nar(ə)ɣe], [narɡe] (plural)

Noun

ܢܪܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܪܓܐ)

1. axe
2. pickaxe, mattock

Inflection

    inflection of ܢܪܓܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܪܓ	ܢܪܓܝܢ
construct	ܢܪܓ	ܢܪܓܝ
emphatic	ܢܪܓܐ	ܢܪܓܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܪܓܝ	ܢܪܓܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܪܓܟ	ܢܪܓܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܪܓܟܝ	ܢܪܓܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܪܓܗ	ܢܪܓܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܪܓܗ	ܢܪܓܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܪܓܢ	ܢܪܓܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܪܓܟܘܢ	ܢܪܓܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܪܓܟܝܢ	ܢܪܓܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܪܓܗܘܢ	ܢܪܓܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܪܓܗܝܢ	ܢܪܓܝܗܝܢ

References

• “nrg”, 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. 214b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 353a
• 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. 951a

Anagrams

• ܢܓܪܐ