| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: | dgn. |
| DEFINITION: | Common Semitic noun *dagan-, grain. 1. Dagon, from Hebrew d gôn, from Phoenician *dag n, grain, storm-god. 2. Mudéjar, from Arabic mudajjan, permitted to remain, Mudéjar, passive participle of dajjana, to allow to remain, derived stem of dajana, to remain (< “to become tame, domesticated,” probably denominative from an unattested *dajan, grain). 3. Dagan, from Akkadian dagan, Dagan. |
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