ܪܓܡ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܪ-ܓ-ܡ (r-ɡ-m) related to stoning; compare Arabic رَجَمَ (rajama), Hebrew רָגַם (rāḡam).

Pronunciation

Verb

ܪܓܡ (rəḡam) (imperfect ܢܪܓܘܡ (nergom)) (peal construction)

  1. to stone, kill with stones
  2. to throw stones; to throw dust upwards
  3. to pile stones, heap stones, block up with stones

Etymology 2

Medio-passive form of the above.

Pronunciation

Verb

ܐܬܪܓܡ (ʾeṯrəḡem) (imperfect ܢܬܪܓܡ (neṯrəḡem)) (ethpeel construction)

  1. to be stoned, have stones thrown at one
    • Peshitta, 2 Corinthians 11:25:
      ܬܠܬ ܙܒܢ̈ܝܢ ܒܫܒ̈ܛܐ ܐܬܢܓܕܬ. ܚܕܐ ܙܒܢ ܐܬܪܓܡܬ. ܬܠܬ ܙܒܢ̈ܝܢ ܗܘܝܬ ܢܘܘܓܐ. ܐܝܡܡܐ ܘܠܠܝܐ ܕܠܐ ܣܦܝܢܬܐ ܒܝܡܐ ܗܘܝܬ.
      təlāṯ zaḇnīn bə-šaḇṭē ʾeṯnaggəḏeṯ, ḥəḏā zəḇan ʾeṯraḡmeṯ, təlāṯ zaḇnīn wêṯ nūwwāḡā, ʾīmāmā wə-lêlyā ḏə-lā səp̄ītā ḇə-yammā wêṯ.
      Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

Etymology 3

From the root ܪ-ܓ-ܡ (r-ɡ-m) related to stoning.

Pronunciation

Verb

ܪܓܡ (raggem) (imperfect ܢܪܓܡ (nəraggem)) (pael construction)

  1. to stone repeatedly, to pelt or pummel with stones

Etymology 4

Medio-passive form of the above.

Pronunciation

Verb

ܐܬܪܓܡ (ʾeṯraggam) (imperfect ܢܬܪܓܡ (neṯraggam)) (ethpaal construction)

  1. to be stoned repeatedly, to be pelted or pummeled/pummelled with stones

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Noun

ܪܓܡ (rəḡām)

  1. absolute singular of ܪܓܡܐ (rəḡāmā, lapidation)
  2. construct state singular of ܪܓܡܐ (rəḡāmā, lapidation)

References

  • ܪܓܡ”, in Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, 2021 June 21 (last accessed)
  • rgm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-22
  • Audo, Toma (1897) ܣܝܡܬܐ ܕܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ [Treasure of the Syriac Language] (in Classical Syriac), Mosul: Imprimerie des Pères Dominicains, page 481
  • Brock, Sebastian P., Kiraz, George A. (2015) “ܪܓܰܡ”, in Gorgias Concise Syriac-English, English-Syriac Dictionary, Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, retrieved 2021-06-21, page 205a
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 338a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 529a
  • 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 1435a