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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܕ-ܓ-ܢ (d-ɡ-n) related to clouding the eyes. Compare Arabic دَجْن (dajn).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܕܓܢܐ • (deḡnā, dḡānā) m (plural ܕܓܢܐ (deḡnē, dḡānē))
- ophthalmitis
- blindness
- bleariness
- heavy snow
Inflection
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