ܠܓܝܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܠܓܝܘܢܐ • (leḡyōnā) f (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	ܠܓܝܘܢܐ		3rd person	ܠܓܝܘܢܗ	ܠܓܝܘܢܗ	ܠܓܝܘܢܗܘܢ	ܠܓܝܘܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܠܓܝܘܢܝܢ		1st person	ܠܓܝܘܢܝ		ܠܓܝܘܢܝܢ
	construct	ܠܓܝܘܢܝ		2nd person	ܠܓܝܘܢܝܟ	ܠܓܝܘܢܝܟܝ	ܠܓܝܘܢܝܟܘܢ	ܠܓܝܘܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܠܓܝܢܐܣ ,ܠܓܝܘܢܣ ,ܠܓܝܘܢܐ		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, page 673a