Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ܕܓܢܐ (deḡnā, dḡānām (plural ܕܓܢܐ (deḡnē, dḡānē))

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

Inflection edit

References edit

  • 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