ܡܓܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܓ-ܢ-ܢ (ɡ-n-n). Compare Arabic مِجَنّ (miǧann) and Hebrew מָגֵן (māḡēn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ɣenɑ(ʔ)], [m(ə)ɣannɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ɣene(ʔ)], [m(ə)ɣanne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܓܢܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܓܢܐ)

1. short buckler, round shield

Inflection

    inflection of ܡܓܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܓܢ	ܡܓܢܝܢ
construct	ܡܓܢ	ܡܓܢܝ
emphatic	ܡܓܢܐ	ܡܓܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܓܢܝ	ܡܓܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܓܢܟ	ܡܓܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܓܢܟܝ	ܡܓܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܓܢܗ	ܡܓܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܓܢܗ	ܡܓܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܓܢܢ	ܡܓܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܓܢܟܘܢ	ܡܓܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܓܢܟܝܢ	ܡܓܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܓܢܗܘܢ	ܡܓܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܓܢܗܝܢ	ܡܓܢܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܓ-ܢ-ܢ (ɡ-n-n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maɡɡɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [maɡɡɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܡܓܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܓܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܓܢܬܐ)

1. armed, equipped (with a buckler)
2. round, disk-shaped

Inflection

    declension of ܡܓܢܐ

masculine	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܓܢ	ܡܓܢܝܢ
construct	ܡܓܢ	ܡܓܢܝ
emphatic	ܡܓܢܐ	ܡܓܢܐ
feminine	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܓܢܐ	ܡܓܢܢ
construct	ܡܓܢܬ	ܡܓܢܬ
emphatic	ܡܓܢܬܐ	ܡܓܢܬܐ

References

• “mgn”, 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. 50b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 251a
• 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. 710a