ܡܣܓܕܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܣ-ܓ-ܕ (s-ɡ-d) related to worshipping. Compare Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid) and Hebrew מִסְגָּד (misgāḏ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [masɡ(ə)ðɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [masɡ(ə)ðe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܣܓܕܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܣܓܕܐ)

  1. worship
  2. (Islam) masjid, mosque

Inflection

References

  • msgd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 220b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 284a
  • 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, p. 788a
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