ܦܓܥܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܦ-ܓ-ܥ (p-ɡ-ʿ), related to coming upon; compare Hebrew פֶּגַע (péḡaʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܦܓܥܐ • (peḡʿā) m (plural ܦܓܥܐ (peḡʿē))

  1. chance meeting, assembly, concourse
    • Peshitta, Ecclesiastes 9:11:
      :ܘܗܦ̇ܟܬ ܘܚܙ̇ܝܬ ܬܚܝܬ ܫܡܫܐ: ܕܠܐ ܠܩܠܝ̈ܠܐ ܪܗܛܐ: ܘܠܐ ܠܓܢܒܪ̈ܐ ܩܪܒܐ: ܘܠܐ ܠܚܟܝܡ̈ܐ ܠܚܡܐ: ܘܠܐ ܠܣܟܘܠܬܢ̈ܐ ܥܘܬܪܐ: ܘܠܐ ܠܝܕܘܥܬܢ̈ܐ ܫܘܒܚܐ. ܡܛܠ ܕܙܒܢܐ ܘܦܓܥܐ ܓܕܫ ܠܟܠܗܘܢ.
      wə-hep̄keṯ wa-ḥəzīṯ təḥêṯ šemšā, də-lā lə-qallīlē rahṭā, wə-lā lə-ḡabārē qərāḇā, wə-lā lə-ḥakkīmē laḥmā, wə-lā lə-sakkūləṯānē ʿuṯrā, wə-lā lə-yaddūʿəṯānē šuḇḥā; meṭṭol də-zaḇnā wə-p̄eḡʿā ḡāḏeš lə-ḵolhōn.
      I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
  2. interview
  3. presence, appearance
  4. occurrence, event
  5. accident, mischance, destruction
  6. attack, hostile encounter
  7. onset
  8. reading aloud

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܓܥܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܦܓܥ 1st person ܦܓܥܝ ܦܓܥܢ
construct ܦܓܥ 2nd person ܦܓܥܟ ܦܓܥܟܝ ܦܓܥܟܘܢ ܦܓܥܟܝܢ
emphatic ܦܓܥܐ 3rd person ܦܓܥܗ ܦܓܥܗ ܦܓܥܗܘܢ ܦܓܥܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܦܓܥܝܢ 1st person ܦܓܥܝ ܦܓܥܝܢ
construct ܦܓܥܝ 2nd person ܦܓܥܝܟ ܦܓܥܝܟܝ ܦܓܥܝܟܘܢ ܦܓܥܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܦܓܥܐ 3rd person ܦܓܥܘܗܝ ܦܓܥܝܗ ܦܓܥܝܗܘܢ ܦܓܥܝܗܝܢ

References

  • “pgˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-26
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 269a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 434a
  • 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, pages 1154b-1155a
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