ܫܓܠ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܫ ܓ ܠ (š g l)
2 terms

Borrowed from Arabic شَغَلَ (šaḡala).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːɣəl.]

Verb

ܫܵܓ݂ܸܠ • (šāḡil) (present participle ܫܓ݂ܵܠܵܐ (šḡālā), past participle ܫܓ݂ܝܼܠܵܐ (šḡīlā))

1. to seize, occupy

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܫܵܓ݂ܹܠ (šāḡēl)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܫܓ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܝܼ (šḡīl lī)	ܫܓ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (šḡīl lūḵ)	ܫܓ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܹܗ (šḡīl lēh)	ܫܓ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܲܢ (šḡīl lan)	ܫܓ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šḡīl lāwḵōn)	ܫܓ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܗܘܿܢ (šḡīl lhōn)
	f		ܫܓ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (šḡīl lāḵ)	ܫܓ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܵܗ̇ (šḡīl lāh)
non-past	m	ܫܵܓ݂ܠܹܢ (šāḡlēn)	ܫܵܓ݂ܠܹܬ (šāḡlēt)	ܫܵܓ݂ܹܠ (šāḡēl)	ܫܵܓ݂ܠܲܚ (šāḡlaḥ)	ܫܵܓ݂ܠܝܼܬܘܿܢ (šāḡlītōn)	ܫܵܓ݂ܠܝܼ (šāḡlī)
	f	ܫܵܓ݂ܠܵܢ (šāḡlān)	ܫܵܓ݂ܠܵܬܝ (šāḡlāt)	ܫܵܓ݂ܠܵܐ (šāḡlā)
imperative	m		ܫܓ݂ܘܿܠ (šḡōl)			ܫܓ݂ܘܿܠܘܼܢ (šḡōlūn)
	f		ܫܓ݂ܘܿܠܝ (šḡōl)

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə.)ˈɣal]

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian šagāl, from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgālá); compare Persian شغال.

Noun

ܫܓܠ • (šəḡal) m

1. jackal

Etymology 2

From Arabic شَغَلَ (šaḡala).

Verb

ܫܓܠ • (transliteration needed)

1. to seize, to occupy

References

• “šgl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-02
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 358b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 558b
• 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. 1509a-b