ܐܓܝܪܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܐ ܓ ܪ (ˀ g r) |
| 5 terms |
Passive participle of ܐܵܓ݂ܹܪ (āḡēr, “to hire, employ”) with the initial noun a semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac; compare Arabic أَجِير (ʔajīr).
Noun
ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܵܐ • (aḡīrā) m (plural ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (aḡīrē), feminine ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܬܵܐ (aḡīrtā))
Pronunciation
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪ (aḡīr) | 1st person | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܝܼ (aḡīrī) | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܲܢ (aḡīran) | |||
| construct | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪ (aḡīr) | 2nd person | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܘܼܟ݂ (aḡīrōḵ) | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܵܟ݂ܝ (aḡīrāḵ) | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (aḡīrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܵܐ (aḡīrā) | 3rd person | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ (aḡīrēh) | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܵܗ̇ (aḡīrāh) | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܗܘܿܢ (aḡīrhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪ̈ܝܼܢ (aḡīrīn) | 1st person | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪ̈ܝܼ (aḡīrī) | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪ̈ܲܢ (aḡīran) | |||
| construct | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪ̈ܲܝ (aḡīray) | 2nd person | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (aḡīrōḵ) | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (aḡīrāḵ) | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪ̈ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (aḡīrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (aḡīrē) | 3rd person | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (aḡīrūh) | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܗ̇ (aḡīrōh) | ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (aḡīrayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (aḡīrūṯā)
Verb
ܐ݇ܓ݂ܝܼܪܵܐ • (ḡīrā) (feminine ܐ݇ܓ݂ܝܼܪܬܵܐ (ḡīrtā), plural ܐ݇ܓ݂ܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (ḡīrē))
- passive participle of ܐܵܓ݂ܹܪ (āḡēr)
Pronunciation
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܐ ܓ ܪ, 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))
- 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.
- Peshitta, Mark 1:20:
- (Christianity) catechumen, pledge
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܓܝܪ | 1st person | ܐܓܝܪܝ | ܐܓܝܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܓܝܪ | 2nd person | ܐܓܝܪܟ | ܐܓܝܪܟܝ | ܐܓܝܪܟܘܢ | ܐܓܝܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܓܝܪܐ | 3rd person | ܐܓܝܪܗ | ܐܓܝܪܗ | ܐܓܝܪܗܘܢ | ܐܓܝܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܐܓܝܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܐܓܝܪܝ | ܐܓܝܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܓܝܪܝ | 2nd person | ܐܓܝܪܝܟ | ܐܓܝܪܝܟܝ | ܐܓܝܪܝܟܘܢ | ܐܓܝܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܓܝܪܐ | 3rd person | ܐܓܝܪܘܗܝ | ܐܓܝܪܝܗ | ܐܓܝܪܝܗܘܢ | ܐܓܝܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܐܓܝܪܘܬܐ (ʾăḡīrūṯā)
References
- “ˀgyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 18 May 2019
- 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, pages 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, →ISBN, page 7a