ܚܓܠܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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Compare Arabic حَجَل (ḥajal) and Hebrew חָגְלָה (ḥoḡlâ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ħaɣlɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħaɣle] (plural)

Noun

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ܚܓܠܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܚܓܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܓܠܬܐ)

  1. partridge

Usage notes

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While the word is normally considered masculine, it may occasionally be feminine when specifically referring to a female.

Inflection

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References

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  • ḥgl”, 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, page 96a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 126a
  • 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, pages 412b-413a