ܦܰܝܓܳܐ pygʾ paygā 1. foot-soldier; infantry; 2. lictor; guard, armed police
Derivatives: ܦܲܝܓܵܓܗܐܹ pygghʾ paygāḡhē foot-soldiers (?); ܦܲܝܓܵܝܵܐ pygyʾ paygāyā guard
MP payg [pdk'] foot-soldier, courier (CPD 67; Nyberg 147); ManMP pyg; ManParth. pdg; Arm. LW payik foot-soldier (← Early MP payk; Bolognesi 1960, 43; Hübschmann AG 220, no. 501); NP payg a newsman, messenger, NP payk a running footman, a carrier, messenger (Steingass 268 and 269; Horn 80; Hübschmann 1895, 45 f.); see also Maggi 2003, no. 18 ● pygʾ foot-soldiers PsC 63, 1; AS 3, 258, 2; AM 1, 355, 6 a f; am 2, 318, 18; Jul 165, 1; guard, armed police MP 40, 11; MS 2, 68, 22; Eb Mai 10, 200, 10; Hoffmann 1880, n. 1024; pygghʾ am 2, 590, 9; pygyʾ Bh chr 174, 8 ◆ LS 566a; Lagarde GA 74, 188; Nöldeke 1890, 14 n. 3; Shaked 1987, 261; PS Suppl. 263