ܡܪܓܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac but native in the name of the village, from Parthian 𐫖𐫡𐫃 (mrg /⁠marγ⁠/, “meadow”), from Proto-Iranian *márgaH; compare Old Armenian մարգ (marg), Northern Kurdish مێرگ (mêrg), Arabic مَرْج (marj) and Akkadian 𒈥𒄖 (/⁠margû⁠/, “topographic term, field, meadow-lands, grasslands”). Compare also the inherited form ܡܲܪܓܸܫܬܵܐ (margištā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [marɡɑː]

Noun

ܡܲܪܓܵܐ • (margā) m (plural ܡܲܪ̈ܓܹܐ (margē))

1. meadow
2. prairie, grassland

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܲܪܓܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܪܲܓ݂ (mraḡ)		1st person	ܡܲܪܓܝܼ (margī)		ܡܲܪܓܲܢ (margan)
	construct	ܡܪܲܓ݂ (mraḡ)		2nd person	ܡܲܪܓܘܼܟ݂ (margōḵ)	ܡܲܪܓܵܟ݂ܝ (margāḵ)	ܡܲܪܓܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (margawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܡܲܪܓܵܐ (margā)		3rd person	ܡܲܪܓܹܗ (margēh)	ܡܲܪܓܵܗ̇ (margāh)	ܡܲܪܓܗܘܿܢ (marghōn)
plural	absolute	ܡܲܪ̈ܓܝܼܢ (margīn)		1st person	ܡܲܪ̈ܓܝܼ (margī)		ܡܲܪ̈ܓܲܢ (margan)
	construct	ܡܲܪ̈ܓܲܝ (margay)		2nd person	ܡܲܪ̈ܓܘܼܟ݂ (margōḵ)	ܡܲܪ̈ܓܵܟ݂ܝ (margāḵ)	ܡܲܪ̈ܓܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (margawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܡܲܪ̈ܓܹܐ (margē)		3rd person	ܡܲܪ̈ܓܘܼܗܝ (margūh)	ܡܲܪ̈ܓܘܼܗ̇ (margōh)	ܡܲܪ̈ܓܲܝܗܘܿܢ (margayhōn)

Proper noun

ܡܲܪܓܵܐ • (margā) f

1. Marga (an Assyrian village in Turkey, located in the region of Zakho)

Derived terms

• ܡܲܪܓܵܝܵܐ (margāyā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Parthian 𐫖𐫡𐫃 (mrg /⁠marγ⁠/, “meadow”), from Proto-Iranian *márgaH. Compare Old Armenian մարգ (marg) and Arabic مَرْج (marj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [marɡɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mar(ə)ɣe] (plural)

Noun

ܡܪܓܐ • (margā) m (plural ܡܪܓܐ (marḡē))

1. meadow

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܪܓܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܪܓ		1st person	ܡܪܓܝ		ܡܪܓܢ
	construct	ܡܪܓ		2nd person	ܡܪܓܟ	ܡܪܓܟܝ	ܡܪܓܟܘܢ	ܡܪܓܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܪܓܐ		3rd person	ܡܪܓܗ	ܡܪܓܗ	ܡܪܓܗܘܢ	ܡܪܓܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܪܓܝܢ		1st person	ܡܪܓܝ		ܡܪܓܝܢ
	construct	ܡܪܓܝ		2nd person	ܡܪܓܝܟ	ܡܪܓܝܟܝ	ܡܪܓܝܟܘܢ	ܡܪܓܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܪܓܐ		3rd person	ܡܪܓܘܗܝ	ܡܪܓܝܗ	ܡܪܓܝܗܘܢ	ܡܪܓܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [marɡɑ]

Noun

ܡܪܓܐ • (margā) m(uncountable)

1. alternative form of ܡܟܪܐ

References

• “mrg”, 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 191a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 299a
• 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, →ISBN, pages 825b–826a