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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From -ܠ (lə-, la-, “to, for”) + ܓܡܪ (gəmār), absolute state of ܓܡܪܐ (gəmārā, “completion”). The alternate pronunciation ܓܡܪ (gəmar) is the absolute form of the unattested *ܓܡܪܐ (gamrā).
Pronunciation
Adverb
ܠܓܡܪ • (la-ḡəmār, la-ḡəmar)
- completely, entirely, absolutely, utterly, altogether
- Peshitta, Luke 13:11:
ܐܝܬ ܗܘܬ ܬܡܢ ܐܢܬܬܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܗܘܬ ܠܗ̇ ܪܘܚܐ ܕܟܘܪܗܢܐ ܫܢ̈ܝܢ ܬܡܢܥܣܪ̈ܐ. ܘܟܦܝܦܐ ܗܘܬ݂ ܘܠܐ ܡܫܟܚܐ ܗܘܬ݂ ܕܬܬܦܫܛ ܠܓܡܪ.- ʾīṯ wāṯ tammān ʾatəṯā ḏə-ʾīṯ wāṯ lāh rūḥā ḏə-ḵūrhānā šənīn təmānaʿʿesrē, wa-ḵəp̄īp̄ā wāṯ wə-lā meškəḥā wāṯ də-ṯeṯpəšeṭ la-ḡəmār.
- And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
Synonyms
References
- “lgmr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-06-19
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 50a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 673b