ܡܪܓܢܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Aramaic מרגניתא, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mar.ɡɑˈni.θɑ], [mar.ɡ(ə.)ˈni.θɑ] (singular)
IPA^(key): [mar.ɡɑnˈjɑ.θɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܡܪܓܢܝܬܐ • (margānīṯā) f (plural ܡܪܓܢܝܬܐ)

pearl, jewel, gem
relic
(figuratively) offering, sacrifice, consecrated parcel

Inflection

declension of ܡܪܓܢܝܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܪܓܢܝ	ܡܪܓܢܝܢ
construct	ܡܪܓܢܝܬ	ܡܪܓܢܝܬ
emphatic	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܐ	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܝ	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܟ	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܟܝ	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܗ	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܗ	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܢ	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܟܘܢ	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܟܝܢ	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܗܘܢ	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܗܝܢ	ܡܪܓܢܝܬܗܝܢ

Descendants

Arabic: مرجان (murjān)
- → Azerbaijani: mərcan
- → Bashkir: мәрйен (məryen)
- → Georgian: მარჯანი (marǯani)
- → Hausa: murzani, murjani
- → Kazakh: маржан (marjan)
- → Middle Armenian: մարճան (marčan), մարջան (marǰan)
  - Armenian: մարջան (marǰan), մռճամ (mṙčam)
- → Ottoman Turkish: مرجان (mercan)
  - Turkish: mercan
    - → Ladino: merdjan
    - → Romanian: mărgean
- → Persian: مرجان (marjân)
- → Swahili: marijani
- → Tatar: мәрҗән (märcän)
- → Turkmen: mercen
- → Uyghur: مارجان (marjan)
- → Uzbek: marjon
Hebrew: מַרְגָּלִית (margalít)

References

“mrgny”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2008-11-30
Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 191b
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 299a
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. 826a-b

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