ܕܓܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܕ-ܓ-ܢ (d-ɡ-n) related to clouding the eyes. Compare Arabic دَجْن (dajn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛɣnɑ], [d(ə)ɣɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [dɛɣne], [d(ə)ɣɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܕܓܢܐ • (deḡnā, dḡānā) m (plural ܕܓܢܐ (deḡnē, dḡānē))

1. ophthalmitis
2. blindness
3. bleariness
4. heavy snow

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܓܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܓܢ		1st person	ܕܓܢܝ		ܕܓܢܢ
	construct	ܕܓܢ		2nd person	ܕܓܢܟ	ܕܓܢܟܝ	ܕܓܢܟܘܢ	ܕܓܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܓܢܐ		3rd person	ܕܓܢܗ	ܕܓܢܗ	ܕܓܢܗܘܢ	ܕܓܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܕܓܢܝܢ		1st person	ܕܓܢܝ		ܕܓܢܝܢ
	construct	ܕܓܢܝ		2nd person	ܕܓܢܝܟ	ܕܓܢܝܟܝ	ܕܓܢܝܟܘܢ	ܕܓܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܓܢܐ		3rd person	ܕܓܢܘܗܝ	ܕܓܢܝܗ	ܕܓܢܝܗܘܢ	ܕܓܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “dgn²”, 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 59a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 83b
• 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 274b