ܡܓܘܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (maguš). Compare Arabic مَجُوسِيّ (majūsiyy), Hebrew מָגוֹשׁ (māḡôš) and Sogdian ܡܓ݂ܘ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [m(ə)ɣuʃɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [m(ə)ɣuʃe] (plural)

Noun

ܡܓܘܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܓܘܫܐ)

  1. (Zoroastrianism) magus, Zoroastrian priest or follower
  2. mage, magician, wizard

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܓܘܫܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܡܓܘܫ 1st person ܡܓܘܫܝ ܡܓܘܫܢ
construct ܡܓܘܫ 2nd person ܡܓܘܫܟ ܡܓܘܫܟܝ ܡܓܘܫܟܘܢ ܡܓܘܫܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܓܘܫܐ 3rd person ܡܓܘܫܗ ܡܓܘܫܗ ܡܓܘܫܗܘܢ ܡܓܘܫܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܡܓܘܫܝܢ 1st person ܡܓܘܫܝ ܡܓܘܫܝܢ
construct ܡܓܘܫܝ 2nd person ܡܓܘܫܝܟ ܡܓܘܫܝܟܝ ܡܓܘܫܝܟܘܢ ܡܓܘܫܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܓܘܫܐ 3rd person ܡܓܘܫܘܗܝ ܡܓܘܫܝܗ ܡܓܘܫܝܗܘܢ ܡܓܘܫܝܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܡܓܘܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m

  1. Magi

References

  • “mgwš”, 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, page 177b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 249b–250a
  • 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, page 707b
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