Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ܠܓܝܘܢܐ (leḡyōnāf (plural ܠܓܝܢܐܣ or ܠܓܝܘܢܣ (leḡyōnas) or ܠܓܝܘܢܐ (leḡyōnē))

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

Inflection edit

References edit

  • 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