ܫܓܡܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ʃɛɣmɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃɛɣme] (plural)

Etymology 1[edit]

Compare Arabic سَجَم (sajam, water, tear).

Noun[edit]

ܫܓܡܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܫܓܡܐ)

  1. stream, torrent
  2. downpour
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Etymology 2[edit]

From the root ܫ-ܓ-ܡ (š-ɡ-m). Compare Hebrew שֶׁגֶם (šéḡem).

Noun[edit]

ܫܓܡܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܫܓܡܐ)

  1. occupation, employment, application
  2. zeal, assiduity
  3. cajolery, artifice
  4. carelessness, neglect
  5. error, accident
  6. chance, haphazard, fortune, spontaneous event
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References[edit]

  • šgm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-10
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 359a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 559a
  • 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. 1510a