ܦܠܓܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)lɛɣmɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [p(ə)lɛɣme(ʔ)], [p(ə)lɛɣmɑtˤɑ(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܦܠܓܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܓܡܛܐ or ܦܠܓܡܐ)

1. phlegm, pituita
2. (pathology) common cold, inflammation

References

• “plgmˀ”, 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. 276b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 447a
• 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. 1195a