ܙܝܙܢܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Sumerian 𒍩 (zizān, “wheat; emmer wheat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zizɑnɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [zizɑne] (plural)
Noun
ܙܝܙܢܐ • (zīzānā) m (plural ܙܝܙܢܐ (zīzānē))
Usage notes
This word is usually found in the plural.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܙܝܙܢ | 1st person | ܙܝܙܢܝ | ܙܝܙܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܝܙܢ | 2nd person | ܙܝܙܢܟ | ܙܝܙܢܟܝ | ܙܝܙܢܟܘܢ | ܙܝܙܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܝܙܢܐ | 3rd person | ܙܝܙܢܗ | ܙܝܙܢܗ | ܙܝܙܢܗܘܢ | ܙܝܙܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܙܝܙܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܙܝܙܢܝ | ܙܝܙܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܝܙܢܝ | 2nd person | ܙܝܙܢܝܟ | ܙܝܙܢܝܟܝ | ܙܝܙܢܝܟܘܢ | ܙܝܙܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܝܙܢܐ | 3rd person | ܙܝܙܢܘܗܝ | ܙܝܙܢܝܗ | ܙܝܙܢܝܗܘܢ | ܙܝܙܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܙܝܙܢܘܬܐ (zīzānūṯā)
Descendants
- → Arabic: زِيزَان (zīzān)
- → Ancient Greek: ζιζάνιον (zizánion) (see there for further descendants)
References
- “zyzn”, 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 87b
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, , pages 133–134
- Löw, Immanuel (1896) “Bemerkungen zu ‚Schwally’s Idioticon‘”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes[2] (in German), volume 10, page 137
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[3] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 723–729
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 115a
- 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 378a