ܙܘܥܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic זַוְעָא (zawˁā); compare Hebrew זִיעַ (zía', “flutter, tremor”) with the sense of “vowel diacritic” a semantic loan from Arabic حَرَكَة (ḥaraka).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [zɑwʕɑː]
Noun
ܙܲܘܥܵܐ • (zawˁā) m sg (plural ܙܲܘܥܹ̈ܐ (zawˁē) or ܙܲܘܥܵܢܹ̈ܐ (zawˁānē))
- movement, motion, moving
- tumult, uprising, sedition, rebellion
- terror, impulse, vibration
- (grammar, orthography) vowel diacritic
- Synonym: ܢܘܼܩܙܵܐ (nuqzā)
- (modern, politics) movement
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܙܘܿܥ (zōˁ) | 1st person | ܙܲܘܥܝܼ (zawˁī) | ܙܲܘܥܲܢ (zawˁan) | |||
| construct | ܙܘܿܥ (zōˁ) | 2nd person | ܙܲܘܥܘܼܟ݂ (zawˁōḵ) | ܙܲܘܥܵܟ݂ܝ (zawˁāḵ) | ܙܲܘܥܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (zawˁawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܙܲܘܥܵܐ (zawˁā) | 3rd person | ܙܲܘܥܹܗ (zawˁēh) | ܙܲܘܥܵܗ̇ (zawˁāh) | ܙܲܘܥܗܘܿܢ (zawˁhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܙܲܘܥܝܼ̈ܢ (zawˁīn) | 1st person | ܙܲܘܥܝܼ̈ (zawˁī) | ܙܲܘܥܲܢ̈ (zawˁan) | |||
| construct | ܙܲܘܥܲܝ̈ (zawˁay) | 2nd person | ܙܲܘܥܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (zawˁōḵ) | ܙܲܘܥܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (zawˁāḵ) | ܙܲܘܥܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (zawˁawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܙܲܘܥܹ̈ܐ (zawˁē) | 3rd person | ܙܲܘܥܘܼ̈ܗܝ (zawˁūh) | ܙܲܘܥܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (zawˁōh) | ܙܲܘܥܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (zawˁayhōn) | |||
Hyponyms
- (Vowels) ܙܵܘܥܹ̈ܐ (zāwˁē); ܦܬ݂ܵܚܵܐ (pṯāḥā, “a”, literally “opening”), ܙܩܵܦܵܐ (zqāpā, “ā”, literally “erecting”), ܙܠܵܡܵܐ ܦܫܝܼܩܵܐ (zlāmā pšīqā, “i, e”, literally “easy slanting”), ܙܠܵܡܵܐ ܩܸܫܝܵܐ (zlāmā qišyā, “ē”, literally “hard slanting”), ܪܘܵܚܵܐ (rwāḥā, “ō”, literally “expanding”), ܪܒ݂ܵܨܵܐ (rḇāṣā, “ū”, literally “pressing”), ܚܒ݂ܵܨܵܐ (ḥḇāṣā, “ī”, literally “thronging”),
Derived terms
- ܙܲܘܥܵܐ ܡܚܘܼܝܕ݂ܵܐ (zawˁā mḥūyḏā, “diphtong”)
- ܙܲܘܥܵܢܵܝܵܐ (zawˁānāyā, “kinetic, pertaining to the Zawaa”)
- ܡܙܲܝܸܥ (mzayyiˁ, “to punctuate, vocalise”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܙ ܘ ܥ related to moving. Compare Hebrew זִיעַ (zîaʿ). The sense of "vowel diacritic" is a calque of Arabic حَرَكَة (ḥaraka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zawʕɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [zawʕe], [zawʕɑne] (plural)
Noun
ܙܘܥܐ • (zawˁā) m (plural ܙܘܥܢܐ or ܙܘܥܐ)
- shaking, trembling
- vibration
- moving, motion, movement
- earthquake
- commotion, agitation
- tumult, uprising, sedition, rebellion
- terror
- impulse
- (grammar, orthography) vowel diacritic
- Synonyms: ܦܘܚܡܝܐ, ܢܘܩܙܐ
- (modern, politics) movement
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܙܘܥ | 1st person | ܙܘܥܝ | ܙܘܥܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܘܥ | 2nd person | ܙܘܥܟ | ܙܘܥܟܝ | ܙܘܥܟܘܢ | ܙܘܥܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | 3rd person | ܙܘܥܗ | ܙܘܥܗ | ܙܘܥܗܘܢ | ܙܘܥܗܝܢ | |||
| plural | absolute | ܙܘܥܢܝܢ ,ܙܘܥܝܢ | 1st person | ܙܘܥܢܝ ,ܙܘܥܝ | ܙܘܥܢܝܢ ,ܙܘܥܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܘܥܢܝ ,ܙܘܥܝ | 2nd person | ܙܘܥܢܝܟ ,ܙܘܥܝܟ | ܙܘܥܢܝܟܝ ,ܙܘܥܝܟܝ | ܙܘܥܢܝܟܘܢ ,ܙܘܥܝܟܘܢ | ܙܘܥܢܝܟܝܢ ,ܙܘܥܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܘܥܢܐ , | 3rd person | ܙܘܥܢܘܗܝ ,ܙܘܥܘܗܝ | ܙܘܥܢܝܗ ,ܙܘܥܝܗ | ܙܘܥܢܝܗܘܢ ,ܙܘܥܝܗܘܢ | ܙܘܥܢܝܗܝܢ ,ܙܘܥܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “zwˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 86b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 114a
- 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, →ISBN, page 374b