ܦܠܓܐ

Inherited from Aramaic פַּלְגָּא (palgā) and of the noun pattern 1a23ā; compare Classical Syriac ܦܸܠܓܵܐ, Arabic فَلْج (falj), and Hebrew פֶּלֶג (péleg).

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ܦܲܠܓܵܐ • (palgā) m sg (plural ܦܲܠܓܹ̈ܐ (palgē) or ܦܲܠܓܵܓܹ̈ܐ (palgāgē))

1. (fractional number) half (½)
2. midst, middle, center/centre

   Synonym: ܦܲܠܓܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (palgūṯā)

As a quantifier, stress falls on the last syllable rather than the penultimate when quantifying a noun after it. Thus, the two definitions are distinguished by stress only.

• ܬܘܼܠܬ݂ܵܐ (tulṯā, “a third”), ܪܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܐ (ruḇˁā, “a fourth, a quarter”), ܚܘܼܡܫܵܐ (ḥumšā, “a fifth”), ܫܘܼܬܬ݂ܵܐ (šutṯā, “a sixth”), ܫܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܐ (šuḇˁā, “a seventh”), ܬܘܼܡܢܵܐ (tumnā, “an eighth”), ܬܘܼܫܥܵܐ (tušˁā, “a ninth”), ܥܘܼܣܪܵܐ (ˁusrā, “a tenth”)

Verbal noun of ܦܵܠܹܓ݂ (pālēḡ, “to be/become divided”).

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ܦܠܵܓ݂ܵܐ • (plāḡā) m (plural ܦ̈ܠܵܓ݂ܹܐ (plāḡē))

1. division, dividing, parting

Of the noun pattern 1i23ā.

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ܦܸܠܓ݂ܵܐ • (pilḡā) m

1. part, portion

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Akkadian 𒁆 (balaggu, balangu ).

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ܦܠܲܓܵܐ • (plaggā) m (plural ܦܠܲܓܹ̈ܐ (plaggē))

1. (music) drum, tambourine

   Synonym: ܕܵܗܘܿܠܵܐ (dāhōlā)

From the root ܦ ܠ ܓ related to dividing. Compare Arabic فَلْج (falj) and Hebrew פֶּלֶג (péleḡ).

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ܦܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܓܐ)

1. (fractional number) half (½)
2. midst, middle, center/centre
3. (anatomy) middle of body; waist, loins, lower belly
4. part, portion
5. sect, school of thought

From the root ܦ ܠ ܓ related to dividing. Compare Hebrew פִּלּוּג (pillûḡ).

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ܦܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܓܐ)

1. division, dividing, parting

From Akkadian 𒁆 (balaggu, balangu ).

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ܦܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܓܐ)

1. (music) drum, tambourine

From Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx).

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ܦܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܓܐ)

1. (military) phalanx, troop, battalion
2. escort
3. shah's retinue

Compare Arabic فَالِج (fālij).

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ܦܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܓܐ)

1. (medicine) apoplexy
2. (medicine) hemiplegia
3. Bactrian camel

• “plg”, 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, pages 276a–b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 446b–447a
• 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, →ISBN, pages 1194a–b