The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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sgy A04

sgy, śgyˀ (śaggīˀ -> saggī) adj. many, much

MA and older: śgyˀ, śgy; often used adverbially (i.e. without inflection) even in attributive contexts. In LJLA the aleph glide is often replaced by ayin as a spelling convention.

  1 many, much Com, ^-OA. --(a) as adverb: much Com. (a.1) bsgy : in a long while CPA. --(b) as subst.: many people, things, etc. Com. (b.1) ܒܣܓܝ̈ܐܬܐ : in a manifold way Syr. --(c) +לסגי : numerous JLAtg.
  2 high Syr.
  3 pl.: syāmē, plural diacritical points Syr.

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w_ (wǝ_) conj. and, also

swgy noun sg. abs. or construct

swgy, swgyˀ n.m. large amount, multitude

emph. JLA סוגיא ; Syr ܣܘܓܐ܂ ܣܘܓܐ ; LJLA סוגעא

1 large amount, multitude JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA. --(a) pl. many CPA. --(b) used adverbially JLAtg, Syr, LJLA. (b.1) ܐܝܟ ܕܒܣܘܓܐܐ : mostly, in general Syr. --(c) majority JLAtg, Gal, PTA.