ܠܓܝܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεγιών (legiṓn), from Latin legiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɛɣjonɑ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [lɛɣjone], [lɛɣjonas] (plural)

Noun

ܠܓܝܘܢܐ • (leḡyōnā) f (plural ܠܓܝܢܐܣ or ܠܓܝܘܢܣ (leḡyōnas) or ܠܓܝܘܢܐ (leḡyōnē))

1. (military) legion
2. (figuratively) devil

Inflection

    declension of ܠܓܝܘܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܠܓܝܘܢ	ܠܓܝܘܢܝܢ
construct	ܠܓܝܘܢ	ܠܓܝܘܢܝ
emphatic	ܠܓܝܘܢܐ	ܠܓܝܢܐܣ ,ܠܓܝܘܢܣ ,ܠܓܝܘܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܠܓܝܘܢܝ	ܠܓܝܘܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܠܓܝܘܢܟ	ܠܓܝܘܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܠܓܝܘܢܟܝ	ܠܓܝܘܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܠܓܝܘܢܗ	ܠܓܝܘܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܠܓܝܘܢܗ	ܠܓܝܘܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܠܓܝܘܢܢ	ܠܓܝܘܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܠܓܝܘܢܟܘܢ	ܠܓܝܘܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܠܓܝܘܢܟܝܢ	ܠܓܝܘܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܠܓܝܘܢܗܘܢ	ܠܓܝܘܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܠܓܝܘܢܗܝܢ	ܠܓܝܘܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “lgywn”, 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 168b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 235b
• 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 673a