ܘܨ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Middle Persian *vač, from which developed Neo-Persian وج (vaj).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈwasˤ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈwasˤ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈwɑsˤ]
Noun
ܘܲܨ or ܘܰܨ • (waṣ) m
Inflection
Indeclinable, but declinable if it were to have an emphatic state as *ܘܲܨܵܐ / *ܘܰܨܳܐ (*waṣṣā). The hypothetical forms would be:
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܘܨ | 1st person | ܘܨܝ | ܘܨܢ | |||
| construct | ܘܨ | 2nd person | ܘܨܟ | ܘܨܟܝ | ܘܨܟܘܢ | ܘܨܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܘܨܐ | 3rd person | ܘܨܗ | ܘܨܗ | ܘܨܗܘܢ | ܘܨܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܘܨܝܢ | 1st person | ܘܨܝ | ܘܨܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܘܨܝ | 2nd person | ܘܨܝܟ | ܘܨܝܟܝ | ܘܨܝܟܘܢ | ܘܨܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܘܨܐ | 3rd person | ܘܨܘܗܝ | ܘܨܝܗ | ܘܨܝܗܘܢ | ܘܨܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “wṣ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 21 June 2021
- Bar ʿalī (Īshōʿ) (a. 900) Gottheil, Richard, editor, Syrisch-arabische Glossen [ʔ-m] (in Classical Syriac), Kiel: Schwers’sche Buchhandlung, published 1874, Nr. 3386
- Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000) Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 332, column 667
- Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 185b
- Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, pages 40–41, Nr. 100
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, , page 131, Nr. 87