زوفا
Arabic
Alternative forms
- زُوفَى (zūfā), زُوفَاء (zūfāʔ) — archaic
- زُوبَاع (zūbāʕ), زُوبَا (zūbā) — dialectal
- أَزَاب (ʔazāb) — Hebraism
Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܙܘܦܐ (zōpā), related to Akkadian 𒍪𒌑𒁍 (/zūpu/), Hebrew אֵזוֹב (ʾēzōḇ), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic אֵיזוֹבָא (ʾēzōḇa), and Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos) with its many European descendants.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zuː.faː/
Noun
زُوفَا • (zūfā) f or m
Declension
| singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | زُوفَا zūfā |
الزُّوفَا az-zūfā |
زُوفَا zūfā |
| nominative | زُوفَا zūfā |
الزُّوفَا az-zūfā |
زُوفَا zūfā |
| accusative | زُوفَا zūfā |
الزُّوفَا az-zūfā |
زُوفَا zūfā |
| genitive | زُوفَا zūfā |
الزُّوفَا az-zūfā |
زُوفَا zūfā |
Further reading
- زوفا (نبات) on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زوبا”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 610
- Freytag, Georg (1833) “زوفا”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 267
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[3] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, , pages 134–136
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[4] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 87–89