ܐܓܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܐ-ܓ-ܪ (ʾ-ɡ-r), related to hiring; compare Arabic أَجِير (ʔajīr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ʔăˈɣi.rɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔăˈɣi.rɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔăˈɣi.ro]

Noun

ܐܓܝܪܐ • (ʾăḡīrā) m (plural ܐܓܝܪܐ (ʾăḡīrē), singular feminine counterpart ܐܓܝܪܬܐ (ʾăḡīrtā))

1. hired worker, workman, hireling, employee, servant
   • Peshitta, Mark 1:20:

     ܘܩܪܐ ܐܢܘܢ. ܘܡܚܕܐ ܫܒܩܘ ܠܙܒܕܝ ܐܒܘܗܘܢ ܒܣܦܝܢܬܐ ܥܡ ܐܓܝܪ̈ܐ. ܘܐܙܠܘ ܒܬܪܗ.

     wa-qərā ʾennōn: wə-meḥəḏā šəḇaq[w] lə-Zaḇday ʾăḇūhōn ba-səp̄ī[n]tā ʿam ʾăḡīrē, wa-ʾĕzal[w] bāṯrēh.

     And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

2. (Christianity) catechumen, pledge

Inflection

    inflection of ܐܓܝܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܓܝܪ	ܐܓܝܪܝܢ
construct	ܐܓܝܪ	ܐܓܝܪܝ
emphatic	ܐܓܝܪܐ	ܐܓܝܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܓܝܪܝ	ܐܓܝܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܓܝܪܟ	ܐܓܝܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܓܝܪܟܝ	ܐܓܝܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܓܝܪܗ	ܐܓܝܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܓܝܪܗ	ܐܓܝܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܓܝܪܢ	ܐܓܝܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܓܝܪܟܘܢ	ܐܓܝܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܓܝܪܟܝܢ	ܐܓܝܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܓܝܪܗܘܢ	ܐܓܝܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܓܝܪܗܝܢ	ܐܓܝܪܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܐܓܝܪܘܬܐ (ʾăḡīrūṯā)

References

• “ˀgyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-18
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 2b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 3a-b
• 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 7a