ܡܓܢܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܓ ܢ ܐ (g n ˀ)
3 terms

Possible cognate to Arabic جَنَى (janā, to commit a crime).

Pronunciation

Verb

ܡܓܲܢܹܐ (mgannē) (present participle ܡܓܲܢܘܼܝܹܐ (mganūyē), past participle ܡܓܘܼܢܝܵܐ (mgunyā))

  1. to insult, reproach, blame

Conjugation

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Root
ܓ-ܢ-ܢ
1 term

Compare Arabic مِجَنّ (mijann), Phoenician 𐤌𐤂𐤍 (mgn), and Hebrew מָגֵן (māḡēn).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܡܓܢܐ (mḡenā, mḡannāf (plural ܡܓܢܐ (mḡenē, mḡannē))

  1. short buckler, round shield
Inflection

Etymology 2

Root
ܓ-ܢ-ܢ
1 term

Pronunciation

Adjective

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ܡܓܢܐ (maggānām (plural ܡܓܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܓܢܬܐ)

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

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