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Classical Syriac
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܐܓܘܢܐ • (ʔaggōnā) m (plural ܐܓܘܢܐ (ʔaggōnē))
- assembly, crowd
- contest, competition
- wrestling, match, fight
- struggle
- (figuratively) mental struggle, perplexity, asceticism
- trial, test
Inflection
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