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AA.17.09 HARRAK

The Chaldean Monastery of Mār Gīwargīs; Main gate leading into the monastery , Mosul

Mosul Nineveh
Date
1946
Language
Syriac
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ܐܬܬܩܝܡwas erectedverbroot ܩܘܡ ܚܕܬܐܝܬnewlyadverbroot ܚܕܬ ܬܪܥܐthe gatenounalso the doorroot ܬܪܥ ܕܥܘܡܪܐof the monasterynounroot ܥܡܪ ܕܡܪܝof Saintnounroot ܡܪܐ ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣGīwargīs (George)proper-noun ܣܗܕܐthe martyrnounroot ܣܗܕ ܡܟܠܠܐcrownedadjectiveroot ܟܠܠ
ܕܕܝܪ̈ܝܐof the monksnounroot ܕܝܪ ܟܠܕܝ̈ܐChaldeansproper-noun ܫܢܬyear (construct)nounroot ܫܢ ܐܨ̈̇ܡܘ ܠܡܪܢ:.of our Lordnounroot ܡܪ

Hover a word for its meaning. Glosses draw on Amir Harrak’s translations and the SEDRA 3 Syriac lexicon (Beth Mardutho), used for academic purposes.

(1b) The gate of the monastery of Mār Gīwargīs the Crowned Martyr, (2a) belonging to the Chaldean monasteries (1a) was renovated (2b) in the year 1946 of our Lord.

Peoples Chaldean
Monasteries Mār Gīwargīs the
Architecture Gate
Mār Gīwargīs
Harrak 2010, p.184
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