ܡܓܘ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Root
ܓ ܘ ܐ (g w ˀ)
9 terms

Alternative forms
  • ܡ̣ܢ ܓܵܘ (min gāw)

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [məɡoː]

Preposition

ܡܓܵܘ • (mgāw)

  1. from, out of
    Antonym: ܠܓܵܘ (lgāw)
    ܡܡܲܠܠܘܼܠܹܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܡܓܵܘ ܕܡܵܟ݂ܵܗ̇ ― mmallūlē ìwā mgāw dmāḵāh ― She was talking in her sleep.
    ܩܵܛܘܿ ܫܘܝܼܪ ܠܵܗ̇ ܡܓܵܘ ܣܲܠܵܐ. ― qāṭō šwīr lāh mgāw sallā. ― The cat lept out of the basket.
  2. (mathematics) out of expressing a fraction of a larger number
    Synonym: ܒ- (b-)
    ܒܲܠܚܘܿܕ ܬܠܵܬܵܐ ܡܓܵܘ ܬܡܵܢܸܥܣܲܪ ܝܵܠܘܿܦܹ̈ܐ ܫܘܼܠܸܡ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܩܸܪ̈ܝܵܢܹܐ.
    balḥōd tlātā mgāw tmāniˁsar yālōpē šūlim lhōn qiryānē.
    Only three out of eighteen students completed the work.

Inflection
Inflection of ܡܓܵܘ (mgāw)
Base Form ܡܓܵܘ
(mgāw)
Personal-pronoun including forms singular plural
m f
1st person ܡܓܵܘܝܼ
(mgāwī)		 ܡܓܵܘܲܢ
(mgāwan)
2nd person ܡܓܵܘܘܼܟ݂
(mgāwūḵ)		 ܡܓܵܘܵܟ݂ܝ
(mgāwāḵ)		 ܡܓܵܘܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(mgāwāwḵōn)
3rd person ܡܓܵܘܹܗ
(mgāwēh)		 ܡܓܵܘܵܗ̇
(mgāwāh)		 ܡܓܵܘܗܘܿܢ
(mgāwhōn)

Sogdian

Alternative forms
  • Syriac ܡܘܓ݂ (mwɣ)
  • Sogdian 𐼺𐼴𐼲 (mwɣ)
  • Manichaean 𐫖𐫇γ𐫛𐫤𐫇 (mwγptw)

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (m-gu-š)

Noun

ܡܓܘ (maɣu)

  1. magus
  2. Magian

References
  • Gharib, B. (1995) “mγw”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, § 5315, page 211
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