ܐܪܓܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (argamannu). Compare Arabic أُرْجُوَان‎ (ʾurǧuwān) and Hebrew אַרְגָּמָן‎ (ʾargāmān).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʔarɡ(ə)wɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔarɡ(ə)wɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܪܓܘܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܪܓܘܢܐ)

  1. Tyrian purple, royal purple
  2. purple (cloth, garment; color/colour)

Inflection
    declension of ܐܪܓܘܢܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܐܪܓܘܢ ܐܪܓܘܢܝܢ
construct ܐܪܓܘܢ ܐܪܓܘܢܝ
emphatic ܐܪܓܘܢܐ ܐܪܓܘܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܐܪܓܘܢܝ ܐܪܓܘܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܐܪܓܘܢܟ ܐܪܓܘܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܐܪܓܘܢܟܝ ܐܪܓܘܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܐܪܓܘܢܗ ܐܪܓܘܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܐܪܓܘܢܗ ܐܪܓܘܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܐܪܓܘܢܢ ܐܪܓܘܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܐܪܓܘܢܟܘܢ ܐܪܓܘܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܐܪܓܘܢܟܝܢ ܐܪܓܘܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܐܪܓܘܢܗܘܢ ܐܪܓܘܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܐܪܓܘܢܗܝܢ ܐܪܓܘܢܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms
  • (purple): ܣܣܓܘܢܐ‎, ܬܟܠܬܐ‎

Derived terms
  • ܐܪܓܘܢ‎
  • ܐܪܓܘܢܝܐ‎
  • ܐܪܓܘܢܝܘܬܐ‎

References
  • “ˀrgwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 18b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 27b
  • 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. 95a
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