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Gaon
Gaon
See also: gaon
English
Noun
Gaon (plural Geonim or Gaons)
Quotations
- 1991, Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy
- The Gaon also was distressed by the veneration the Hasidim accorded their rabbinic leaders, men whom the Gaon generally regarded as ignoramuses.
- 1996, Roger Friedland, Richard Hecht, To Rule Jerusalem
- Like the hasidim, he too refused the title of rabbi, adopting the ancient title of Gaon.
- 1997, Moshe Gil, A History of Palestine
- The Gaon also mentions a letter he has received from Ḥasan as-ʻĀqūlī (al-ʻĀqūla, the ancient Aramaic name for Kūfa) undoubtedly one of the emigrants from Iraq to Egypt whom the Gaon knew.
Anagrams
gaon
gaon
See also: Gaon
English
Noun
gaon (plural geonim)
- Alternative letter-case form of Gaon
Etymology 2
Noun
gaon (plural gaons)
- (India) A village
Limburgish
Etymology
From Old Dutch gān, from a fusion of Proto-Germanic *gāną and *ganganą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-, *ǵʰengʰ-.
Noun
gaon n
Verb
gaon
Conjugation
Montfortian conjugation of gaon (irregular, suppletive)
non-finite forms | infinitive | gerund | present participle | past participle | adjective | adverb |
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(tö) gaon | 't gaon n | gäöndje | höbbe gegange | gegange, geganger, geganges | gegäöndjelik | |
number & tense | verb-second | verb-first | ||||
present | past | subjunctive | present | past | subjunctive | |
first person singular | gaon | góng | gank | gaon | góng | gank |
second person singular | geis | gónks | ganks | geis | gónks | ganks |
third person singular | geitj | góng | gank | geitj'r | góng | gank |
first person plural | gaon | gónge | gange | gaontj | gónk | gank |
second person plural | gaontj | góng | gank | gaontj | gónk | gank |
third person plural | gaon | gónge | gange | gaon | gónge | gange |
other forms | noun | imperative singular impolite | imperative singular polite | imperative dual | imperative plural | inclusive |
't gegaon n | gank! | gank! | gènk! | gank! | gaonem |