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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܐ-ܓ-ܪ (ʾ-ɡ-r), related to hiring; compare Arabic أَجِير (ʔajīr).
Pronunciation
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 lə-Zaḇday ʾăḇūhōn ba-səp̄ītā ʿam ʾăḡīrē, wa-ʾĕzal bāṯrēh.
- And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
- (Christianity) catechumen, pledge
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References
- “ˀgyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-18
- 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, page 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, page 7a