ܐܓܘܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܐܓܘܢܐ (ʾaggōnā), from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔaːɣoːnɑː]
Noun
ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ • (āḡōnā) m (plural ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ (āḡōnē))
- game, match; contest, competition
- Synonym: ܡܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (murrāyā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢ (āḡōn) | 1st person | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܝܼ (āḡōnī) | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܲܢ (āḡōnan) | |||
| construct | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢ (āḡōn) | 2nd person | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܘܼܟ݂ (āḡōnōḵ) | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܵܟ݂ܝ (āḡōnāḵ) | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (āḡōnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ (āḡōnā) | 3rd person | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܹܗ (āḡōnēh) | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܵܗ̇ (āḡōnāh) | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܗܘܿܢ (āḡōnhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܝܼ̈ܢ (āḡōnīn) | 1st person | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܝܼ̈ (āḡōnī) | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܲܢ̈ (āḡōnan) | |||
| construct | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܲܝ̈ (āḡōnay) | 2nd person | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (āḡōnōḵ) | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (āḡōnāḵ) | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (āḡōnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ (āḡōnē) | 3rd person | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (āḡōnūh) | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (āḡōnōh) | ܐܵܓ݂ܘܿܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (āḡōnayhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܐܝܓܘܢܐ (ʔiggōnā)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔaɡɡonɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʔaɡɡone] (plural)
Noun
ܐܓܘܢܐ • (ʔaggōnā) m (plural ܐܓܘܢܐ (ʔaggōnē))
- assembly, crowd
- contest, competition
- wrestling, match, fight
- struggle
- (figuratively) mental struggle, perplexity, asceticism
- trial, test
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܓܘܢ | 1st person | ܐܓܘܢܝ | ܐܓܘܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܓܘܢ | 2nd person | ܐܓܘܢܟ | ܐܓܘܢܟܝ | ܐܓܘܢܟܘܢ | ܐܓܘܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܓܘܢܐ | 3rd person | ܐܓܘܢܗ | ܐܓܘܢܗ | ܐܓܘܢܗܘܢ | ܐܓܘܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܐܓܘܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܐܓܘܢܝ | ܐܓܘܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܓܘܢܝ | 2nd person | ܐܓܘܢܝܟ | ܐܓܘܢܝܟܝ | ܐܓܘܢܝܟܘܢ | ܐܓܘܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܓܘܢܐ | 3rd person | ܐܓܘܢܘܗܝ | ܐܓܘܢܝܗ | ܐܓܘܢܝܗܘܢ | ܐܓܘܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
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, page 2b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, →ISBN, page 6a