מגן

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
ג־נ־ן (g-n-n)

Cognate with Arabic مِجَنّ (mijann) and Phoenician 𐤌𐤂𐤍 (mgn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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מָגֵן (magénm (plural indefinite מגינים / מָגִנִּים, singular construct מָגֵן־, plural construct מגיני / מָגִנֵּי־) [pattern: מַקְטֵל]

  1. shield (large piece of armor, held on the arm)
  2. shield (he who or that which protects)

Usage notes

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  • The kamats vowel anomalously remains unreduced, even in forms where it is no longer pretonic.

Declension

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Derived terms

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