Classical Syriac

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek τάγμα (tágma); compare Arabic طُغْمَة (ṭuḡma).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tɛɣ.mɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tɛɣ.me] (plural)

Noun

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ܬܓܡܐ (teḡmāc (plural ܬܓܡܐ)

  1. (military) division, legion, company, troop, cohort
  2. rank, class
  3. (theology) angelic order
  4. precept, command
  5. kind, sort, fashion

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  • tgmˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-01-01
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 387b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 604b
  • 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. 1623b