Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology

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Root
ܫ ܓ ܠ (š g l)
2 terms

Borrowed from Arabic شَغَلَ (šaḡala).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʃɑːɣəl.]

Verb

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

  1. to seize, occupy

Conjugation

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Classical Syriac

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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ܫܓܠ (šəḡalm

  1. jackal

Etymology 2

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From Arabic شَغَلَ (šaḡala).

Verb

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ܫܓܠ (transliteration needed)

  1. to seize, to occupy

References

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  • 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