ܐܓܡܐ

ܐܓܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Aramaic 𐡀𐡂𐡌‎ (ʾgm), borrowed into West Semitic from Akkadian 𒀀𒂵𒈬𒌝 (agammum), from Sumerian 𒀀𒂵𒄠 (agam); compare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אַגְמָא‎ (ʾaḡmā), Hebrew אֲגַם‎ (ʾăḡamm, “lake, swamp”), Arabic أَجَمَة‎ (ʾajama, “jungle, brushwood”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛɣ.mɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʔaɣ.mɑ], [ˈʔɑɣ.mɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛɣ.mo]

The Eastern pronunciations differ from the expected *[ˈʔɪɣ.mɑ].

Noun

ܐܓܡܐ • (ʾeḡmā) m (plural ܐܓܡܐ (ʾeḡmē))

1. swamp, marsh, meadow
2. pool, standing water
   • Peshitta, Psalms 107:27:

     ‏ܕܥܒܕ ܡܕܒܪܐ ܠܐܓܡ̈ܐ ܕܡܝ̈ܐ‎

     da-ʿəḇaḏ maḏbərā lə-ʾeḡmē ḏə-mayyā

     He turneth the wilderness into a standing water

3. (botany) reed (especially Egyptian papyrus)
   • Peshitta, Job 8:11:

     ‏ܕܠܡܐ ܣܓܐ ܐܓܡܐ ܒܐܬܪܐ ܨܗܝܐ: ܐܘ ܝܥܐ ܐܪܒܢܐ ܐܝܟܐ ܕܠܝܬ ܡܝ̈ܐ.‎‎

     da-lə-mā sāḡē ʾeḡmā ḇə-ʾaṯrā ṣahyā? ʾaw yāʿē ʾarbānā ʾaykā ḏə-layt mayyā?

     Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?

Inflection

    inflection of ܐܓܡܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܓܡ‎	ܐܓܡܝܢ‎
construct	ܐܓܡ‎	ܐܓܡܝ‎
emphatic	ܐܓܡܐ	ܐܓܡܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܓܡܝ‎	ܐܓܡܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܓܡܟ‎	ܐܓܡܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܓܡܟܝ‎	ܐܓܡܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܓܡܗ‎	ܐܓܡܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܓܡܗ‎	ܐܓܡܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܓܡܢ‎	ܐܓܡܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܓܡܟܘܢ‎	ܐܓܡܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܓܡܟܝܢ‎	ܐܓܡܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܓܡܗܘܢ‎	ܐܓܡܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܓܡܗܝܢ‎	ܐܓܡܝܗܝܢ‎

Derived terms

• ܐܓܡܢܝܐ‎ (ʾeḡmānāyā)

References

• “ˀgm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-05-13
• Costaz, Louis (2002), “ܐܶܓܡܳܐ”, in Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 2b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), “ܐܶܓܡܳܐ”, in A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 3a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009), “ܐܸܓܡܵܐ”, in 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 7b