ܐܓܘܢܐ

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Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔaɡɡonɑ(ʔ)] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "singular" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • IPA(key): [ʔaɡɡone(ʔ)] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "plural" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

Noun

ܐܓܘܢܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܐܓܘܢܐ)

  1. assembly, crowd
  2. contest, competition
  3. wrestling, match, fight
  4. struggle
  5. (figuratively) mental struggle, perplexity, asceticism
  6. trial, test

Inflection

References

  • ˀgwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 2b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 3a
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 6a