ܐܘܪܓܢܘܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic אוֹרגָּנוֹן (ʾōrgānōn) from Ancient Greek ὄργᾰνον (órgănon, instrument, implement, tool). The musical sense of “organ” is a semantic loan from English organ.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔorˈɡɑːnoːn]

Noun

ܐܘܿܪܓܵܢܘܿܢ • (ōrgānōnm (plural ܐܘܿܪ̈ܓܵܢܹܐ (ōrgānē))

  1. (music) organ, pipe organ
  2. (formal, literary) instrument, tool, vessel
    Synonyms: ܡܵܐܢܵܐ (mānā), ܣܩܹܘܵܐ (sqēwā), ܐܲܡܘܼܪܵܐ (amūrā), ܣܢܝܼܩ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (snīqwāṯā)

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܘܿܪܓܵܢܘܿܢ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܐܘܿܪܓܵܢܘܿܢ (ōrgānōn) 1st person ܐܘܿܪܓܵܢܘܿܢܝܼ (ōrgānōnī) ܐܘܿܪܓܵܢܘܿܢܲܢ (ōrgānōnan)
construct ܐܘܿܪܓܵܢܘܿܢ (ōrgānōn) 2nd person ܐܘܿܪܓܵܢܘܿܢܘܼܟ݂ (ōrgānōnōḵ) ܐܘܿܪܓܵܢܘܿܢܵܟ݂ܝ (ōrgānōnāḵ) ܐܘܿܪܓܵܢܘܿܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ōrgānōnawḵōn)
emphatic ܐܘܿܪܓܵܢܘܿܢ (ōrgānōn) 3rd person ܐܘܿܪܓܵܢܘܿܢܹܗ (ōrgānōnēh) ܐܘܿܪܓܵܢܘܿܢܵܗ̇ (ōrgānōnāh) ܐܘܿܪܓܵܢܘܿܢܗܘܿܢ (ōrgānōnhōn)
plural absolute ܐܘܿܪ̈ܓܵܢܝܼܢ (ōrgānīn) 1st person ܐܘܿܪ̈ܓܵܢܝܼ (ōrgānī) ܐܘܿܪ̈ܓܵܢܲܢ (ōrgānan)
construct ܐܘܿܪ̈ܓܵܢܲܝ (ōrgānay) 2nd person ܐܘܿܪ̈ܓܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (ōrgānōḵ) ܐܘܿܪ̈ܓܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (ōrgānāḵ) ܐܘܿܪ̈ܓܵܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ōrgānawḵōn)
emphatic ܐܘܿܪ̈ܓܵܢܹܐ (ōrgānē) 3rd person ܐܘܿܪ̈ܓܵܢܘܼܗܝ (ōrgānūh) ܐܘܿܪ̈ܓܵܢܘܼܗ̇ (ōrgānōh) ܐܘܿܪ̈ܓܵܢܲܝܗܘܿܢ (ōrgānayhōn)

Derived terms

  • ܐܘܿܪܓܵܢܵܝܵܐ (ōrgānāyā)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܐܘܪܓܐܢܘܢ (ʾwrgʾnwn)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔorˈɡɑ.non]

Noun

ܐܘܪܓܢܘܢ • (ʾōrgānōnm (plural ܐܘܪܓܢܐ)

  1. instrument, tool
  2. vessel
  3. (anatomy) organ

Synonyms

  • (tool; vessel): ܡܐܢܐ (mēnā)
  • (organ): ܗܕܡܐ ܓܘܝܐ (haddāmā gawwāyā)

References

  • ˀwrgnwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 15 June 2011
  • Costaz, Louis (2002), Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 4b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 7b
  • 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 21a