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ܐܓܘܢܐ

ܐܓܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Noun

ܐܓܘܢܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܓܘܢܐ)

  1. assembly, crowd
  2. contest, competition
  3. wrestling, match, fight
  4. struggle
  5. (figuratively) mental struggle, perplexity, asceticism
  6. trial, test

Inflection

References

  • )gwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 2b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 3a
  • 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, p. 6a