ܐܓܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܝܓܘܢܐ (ʔiggōnā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔaɡɡonɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔaɡɡone] (in the plural)

Noun

ܐܓܘܢܐ • (ʔaggōnā) m (plural ܐܓܘܢܐ (ʔaggōnē))

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

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܓܘܢܐ

	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, page 6a