ܠܓܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ultimately from Latin leuga; compare Italian lega, Portuguese légua, and Spanish legua.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܠܸܓܵܐ • (liggā) m sg (plural ܠܸܓܹ̈ܐ (liggē))

  1. league (unit of measure)

Inflection

Inflection of ܠܸܓܵܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute – 1st person ܠܸܓܝܼ (ligī) ܠܸܓܲܢ (liggan)
construct ܠܸܓ (lig) 2nd person ܠܸܓܘܼܟ݂ (ligūḵ) ܠܸܓܵܟ݂ܝ (liggāḵ) ܠܸܓܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (liggāwḵōn)
emphatic ܠܸܓܵܐ (liggā) 3rd person ܠܸܓܹܗ (liggēh) ܠܸܓܵܗ̇ (liggāh) ܠܸܓܗܘܿܢ (lighōn)
plural absolute – 1st person ܠܸܓܝܼ̈ (ligī) ܠܸܓܲܢ̈ (liggan)
construct ܠܸܓܲܝ̈ (liggay) 2nd person ܠܸܓܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ligūḵ) ܠܸܓܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (liggāḵ) ܠܸܓܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (liggāwḵōn)
emphatic ܠܸܓܹ̈ܐ (liggē) 3rd person ܠܸܓܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ligūh) ܠܸܓ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (liggōh) ܠܸܓܗ̈ܘܿܢ (lighōn)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin leuga. Compare Italian lega, Portuguese légua, and Spanish legua.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܠܓܐ)

  1. league (unit of measure)
Inflection
Inflection of ܠܓܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܠܓ 1st person ܠܓܝ ܠܓܢ
construct ܠܓ 2nd person ܠܓܟ ܠܓܟܝ ܠܓܟܘܢ ܠܓܟܝܢ
emphatic ܠܓܐ 3rd person ܠܓܗ ܠܓܗ ܠܓܗܘܢ ܠܓܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܠܓܝܢ 1st person ܠܓܝ ܠܓܝܢ
construct ܠܓܝ 2nd person ܠܓܝܟ ܠܓܝܟܝ ܠܓܝܟܘܢ ܠܓܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܠܓܐ 3rd person ܠܓܘܗܝ ܠܓܝܗ ܠܓܝܗܘܢ ܠܓܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed)

  1. absolute singular of ܠܓܬܐ

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

ܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed)

  1. emphatic plural of ܠܓܬܐ

References

  • “lg”, 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, p. 168b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 235b
  • 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. 672b
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