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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܓ-ܪ-ܓ (ɡ-r-ɡ) related to inciting.
Pronunciation
Noun
ܓܪܓܐ • (gergā) m (plural ܓܪܓܐ)
- bait
- lure, thread, rope
- snare, toil, net, web
- (medicine) cupping instrument
Inflection
References
- “grg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 53b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 77b
- 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 256a