Classical Syriac

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare Arabic فَرُّوج (farrūj) and Hebrew פַּרְגִּית (pargīṯ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [parruɣɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [parruɣe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܦܪܘܓܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܦܪܘܓܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܦܪܘܓܬܐ)

  1. young bird, chick, nestling, fledgling

Inflection

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References

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  • prwg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-20
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 287a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 458a
  • 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 1230a