ܡܓܢܐ

ܡܓܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܓ-ܢ-ܢ‎ (ɡ-n-n). Compare Arabic مِجَنّ‎ (mijann), Phoenician 𐤌𐤂𐤍‎ (mgn), and Hebrew מָגֵן‎ (māḡēn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ɣenɑ], [m(ə)ɣannɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ɣene], [m(ə)ɣanne] (plural)

Noun

ܡܓܢܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܓܢܐ)

1. short buckler, round shield

Inflection

    inflection of ܡܓܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܓܢ‎	ܡܓܢܝܢ‎
construct	ܡܓܢ‎	ܡܓܢܝ‎
emphatic	ܡܓܢܐ	ܡܓܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܓܢܝ‎	ܡܓܢܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܓܢܟ‎	ܡܓܢܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܓܢܟܝ‎	ܡܓܢܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܓܢܗ‎	ܡܓܢܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܓܢܗ‎	ܡܓܢܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܓܢܢ‎	ܡܓܢܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܓܢܟܘܢ‎	ܡܓܢܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܓܢܟܝܢ‎	ܡܓܢܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܓܢܗܘܢ‎	ܡܓܢܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܓܢܗܝܢ‎	ܡܓܢܝܗܝܢ‎

Etymology 2

From the root ܓ-ܢ-ܢ‎ (ɡ-n-n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maɡɡɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [maɡɡɑne] (plural)

Adjective

ܡܓܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܓܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܓܢܬܐ‎)

1. armed, equipped (with a buckler)
2. round, disk-shaped

Inflection

    declension of ܡܓܢܐ

masculine	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܓܢ	ܡܓܢܝܢ
construct	ܡܓܢ	ܡܓܢܝ
emphatic	ܡܓܢܐ	ܡܓܢܐ
feminine	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܓܢܐ	ܡܓܢܢ
construct	ܡܓܢܬ	ܡܓܢܬ
emphatic	ܡܓܢܬܐ	ܡܓܢܬܐ

References

• “mgn”, 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 50b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 251a
• 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 710a