ܡܓܕܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܓ-ܕ-ܠ‎ (ɡ-d-l) related to twisting. Compare Hebrew מִגְדָּל‎ (miḡdāl).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [maɣd(ə)lɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maɣd(ə)le(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܓܕܠܐ • (maḡdlā) m (plural ܡܓܕܠܐ)

  1. tower
  2. turret, bulwark

Inflection
    declension of ܡܓܕܠܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܡܓܕܠ ܡܓܕܠܝܢ
construct ܡܓܕܠ ܡܓܕܠܝ
emphatic ܡܓܕܠܐ ܡܓܕܠܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܡܓܕܠܝ ܡܓܕܠܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܡܓܕܠܟ ܡܓܕܠܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܡܓܕܠܟܝ ܡܓܕܠܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܡܓܕܠܗ ܡܓܕܠܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܡܓܕܠܗ ܡܓܕܠܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܡܓܕܠܢ ܡܓܕܠܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܡܓܕܠܟܘܢ ܡܓܕܠܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܡܓܕܠܟܝܢ ܡܓܕܠܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܡܓܕܠܗܘܢ ܡܓܕܠܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܡܓܕܠܗܝܢ ܡܓܕܠܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “mgdl”, 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. 43a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 249b
  • 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. 707a
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