ܕܓܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܕ-ܓ-ܢ (d-ɡ-n) related to clouding the eyes. Compare Arabic دَجْن (dajn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛɣnɑ], [d(ə)ɣɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [dɛɣne], [d(ə)ɣɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܕܓܢܐ • (deḡnā, dḡānā) m (plural ܕܓܢܐ (deḡnē, dḡānē))

1. ophthalmitis
2. blindness
3. bleariness
4. heavy snow

Inflection

    inflection of ܕܓܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܕܓܢ	ܕܓܢܝܢ
construct	ܕܓܢ	ܕܓܢܝ
emphatic	ܕܓܢܐ	ܕܓܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܕܓܢܝ	ܕܓܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܕܓܢܟ	ܕܓܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܕܓܢܟܝ	ܕܓܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܕܓܢܗ	ܕܓܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܕܓܢܗ	ܕܓܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܕܓܢܢ	ܕܓܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܕܓܢܟܘܢ	ܕܓܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܕܓܢܟܝܢ	ܕܓܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܕܓܢܗܘܢ	ܕܓܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܕܓܢܗܝܢ	ܕܓܢܝܗܝܢ

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