أٞرْجٞم
érgem (yerέgom/ľórgem or ľέrgɛm)
basic morphological information

v. (IV)

to cover, to put a lid upon
закрыть, накрыть
غطّى
Bulakh et al. 2021:259
text examples

ḳéšodk tɛʰ deʰ di-kíˀi men rukbíyyat wa-ḷaṭ béḷokk toʸh di-ḳľas ˁaf yemóḷe wa-ḷaṭ érgomk ˁeʸh díˀʸheʰ ġaṭá ‘I made preserves out of the meat which was left from the animals slaughtered for the sacrifice, and I put it into a can till it was full and then I shut it with a lid’ (Bulakh et al. 2021:259–260)

semantic notes

Synonymous with its basic stem, régom.

‘To put a lid (direct object) upon something (ḷe-)’.

root
derivates
etymology
Proto-MSA *rgm to cover
continental MSA
  • Mhr. rəgūm to cover (usually food to keep the flies off it)
  • Jib. ɛrgúm to cover, to put a lid on
  • Jib. erógəm to cover (a dead body, with stones and soil)
  • Jib. rɔ́tgəm (corpse) to be buried
  • Jib. s̃ergím to be covered, buried alive (as, e.g., a witch)
  • Jib. rəgmún stoned, covered by stones; covered by stones and soil (in the grave)