ܠܓܝܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεγιών (legiṓn), from Latin legiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lɛɣjonɑ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [lɛɣjone], [lɛɣjonas] (plural)

Noun

ܠܓܝܘܢܐ • (leḡyōnāf (plural ܠܓܝܢܐܣ or ܠܓܝܘܢܣ (leḡyōnas) or ܠܓܝܘܢܐ (leḡyōnē))

  1. (military) legion
  2. (figuratively) devil

Inflection

Inflection of ܠܓܝܘܢܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܠܓܝܘܢ 1st person ܠܓܝܘܢܝ ܠܓܝܘܢܢ
construct ܠܓܝܘܢ 2nd person ܠܓܝܘܢܟ ܠܓܝܘܢܟܝ ܠܓܝܘܢܟܘܢ ܠܓܝܘܢܟܝܢ
emphatic 3rd person ܠܓܝܘܢܗ ܠܓܝܘܢܗ ܠܓܝܘܢܗܘܢ ܠܓܝܘܢܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܠܓܝܘܢܝܢ 1st person ܠܓܝܘܢܝ ܠܓܝܘܢܝܢ
construct ܠܓܝܘܢܝ 2nd person ܠܓܝܘܢܝܟ ܠܓܝܘܢܝܟܝ ܠܓܝܘܢܝܟܘܢ ܠܓܝܘܢܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܠܓܝܢܐܣ ,ܠܓܝܘܢܣ , 3rd person ܠܓܝܘܢܘܗܝ ܠܓܝܘܢܝܗ ܠܓܝܘܢܝܗܘܢ ܠܓܝܘܢܝܗܝܢ

References

  • lgywn”, 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, page 168b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 235b
  • 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, →ISBN, page 673a