# ܦܠܓܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

From Aramaic פַּלְגָּא (palgā); compare Arabic فَلْج (falj) and Hebrew פֶּלֶג (péleg).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [pal.ɡɑː]
* (Urmia) IPA: [pal.d͡ʒɑː]

#### Noun

ܦܲܠܓܵܐ • (palgā) m sg (plural ܦܲܠܓܹ̈ܐ (palgē) or ܦܲܠܓܵܓܹ̈ܐ (palgāgē))
* (fractional number) half (½)
* (anatomy) middle of body; waist, loins, lower belly
* midst, middle, center/centre
* part, portion
* sect, school of thought

##### Usage notes

As a quantifier, stress falls on the last syllable rather than the penultimate when quantifying a noun after it.

##### Coordinate terms

* ܬܘܼܠܬ݂ܵܐ (tulṯā, “a third”), ܪܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܐ (ruḇˁā, “a fourth, a quarter”), ܚܘܼܡܫܵܐ (ḥumšā, “a fifth”), ܫܘܼܬܬ݂ܵܐ (šutṯā, “a sixth”), ܫܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܐ (šuḇˁā, “a seventh”), ܬܘܼܡܢܵܐ (tumnā, “an eighth”), ܬܘܼܫܥܵܐ (tušˁā, “a ninth”), ܥܘܼܣܪܵܐ (ˁusrā, “a tenth”)

### Etymology 2

Verbal noun of ܦܵܠܹܓ݂ (pālēḡ, “to be/become divided”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [pəlɑːɣɑː]
* (Nineveh Plains) IPA: [plaʔɑː]
* (Urmia) IPA: [plajɑː]

#### Noun

ܦܠܵܓ݂ܵܐ • (plāḡā) m (plural ܦ̈ܠܵܓ݂ܹܐ (plāḡē))
* division, dividing, parting

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3

From Akkadian 𒁆 (balaggu, balangu [BALAG]).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [plaɡ.ɡɑː]
* (Urmia) IPA: [plad͡ʒ.d͡ʒɑː]

#### Noun

ܦܠܲܓܵܐ • (plaggā) m (plural ܦܠܲܓܹ̈ܐ (plaggē))
* (music) drum, tambourine

##### Inflection
## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

From the root ܦ ܠ ܓ related to dividing. Compare Arabic فَلْج (falj) and Hebrew פֶּלֶג (péleḡ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pɛlɡɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [pɛlɡe], [pɛl(lə)ɣe] (plural)

#### Noun

ܦܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܓܐ)
* (fractional number) half (½)
* midst, middle, center/centre
* (anatomy) middle of body; waist, loins, lower belly
* part, portion
* sect, school of thought

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

From the root ܦ ܠ ܓ related to dividing. Compare Hebrew פִּלּוּג (pillûḡ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [p(ə)lɑɣɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [p(ə)lɑɣe] (plural)

#### Noun

ܦܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܓܐ)
* division, dividing, parting

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3

From Akkadian 𒁆 (balaggu, balangu [BALAG]).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [p(ə)laɡɡɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [p(ə)laɡɡe] (plural)

#### Noun

ܦܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܓܐ)
* (music) drum, tambourine

##### Inflection
### Etymology 4

From Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [p(ə)laɡɡɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [p(ə)laɡɡe] (plural)

#### Noun

ܦܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܓܐ)
* (military) phalanx, troop, battalion
* escort
* shah's retinue

##### Inflection
### Etymology 5

Compare Arabic فَالِج (fālij).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pɑlɡɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [pɑlɡe] (plural)

#### Noun

ܦܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܓܐ)
* (medicine) apoplexy
* (medicine) hemiplegia
* Bactrian camel

##### Inflection
### References

* “plg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 276a–b
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 446b–447a
* 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, pages 1194a–b