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

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܓܘܢ	ܐܓܘܢܝܢ
construct	ܐܓܘܢ	ܐܓܘܢܝ
emphatic	ܐܓܘܢܐ	ܐܓܘܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܓܘܢܝ	ܐܓܘܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܓܘܢܟ	ܐܓܘܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܓܘܢܟܝ	ܐܓܘܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܓܘܢܗ	ܐܓܘܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܓܘܢܗ	ܐܓܘܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܓܘܢܢ	ܐܓܘܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܓܘܢܟܘܢ	ܐܓܘܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܓܘܢܟܝܢ	ܐܓܘܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܓܘܢܗܘܢ	ܐܓܘܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܓܘܢܗܝܢ	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