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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