ܙܝܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic זַיְתָא (zaytā); compare Arabic زَيْت (zayt, “oil”), Hebrew זַיִת (záyit, “olive”) and Ugaritic 𐎇𐎚𐎎 (ztm).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [zajtɑː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [zeːθa], [zeʔθa]
- (Urmia) IPA(key): [zeːtɑː]
Noun
ܙܲܝܬܵܐ • (zaytā) m sg (plural ܙܲܝ̈ܬܹܐ (zaytē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܙܹܝܬ݂ (zēṯ) | 1st person | ܙܲܝܬܝܼ (zaytī) | ܙܲܝܬܲܢ (zaytan) | |||
| construct | ܙܹܝܬ݂ (zēṯ) | 2nd person | ܙܲܝܬܘܼܟ݂ (zaytōḵ) | ܙܲܝܬܵܟ݂ܝ (zaytāḵ) | ܙܲܝܬܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (zaytawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܙܲܝܬܵܐ (zaytā) | 3rd person | ܙܲܝܬܹܗ (zaytēh) | ܙܲܝܬܵܗ̇ (zaytāh) | ܙܲܝܬܗܘܿܢ (zaythōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܙܲܝܬܝܼ̈ܢ (zaytīn) | 1st person | ܙܲܝܬܝܼ̈ (zaytī) | ܙܲܝܬܲܢ̈ (zaytan) | |||
| construct | ܙܲܝܬܲܝ̈ (zaytay) | 2nd person | ܙܲܝܬܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (zaytōḵ) | ܙܲܝܬܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (zaytāḵ) | ܙܲܝܬܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (zaytawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܙܲܝ̈ܬܹܐ (zaytē) | 3rd person | ܙܲܝܬܘܼ̈ܗܝ (zaytūh) | ܙܲܝܬܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (zaytōh) | ܙܲܝܬܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (zaytayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܙܲܝܬܘܿܢܵܐ (zaytōnā, “little olive tree”)
- ܛܘܼܪܵܐ ܕܙܲܝ̈ܬܹܐ (ṭūrā d-zaytē, “the Mount of Olives”)
- ܡܸܫܚܵܐ ܕܙܲܝ̈ܬܹܐ (mišḥā d-zaytē, “olive oil”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Arabic زَيْت (zayt) and Hebrew זַיִת (záyiṯ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zajtɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [zajte] (plural)
Noun
ܙܝܬܐ • (zaytā) m (plural ܙܝܬܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܙܝܬ | 1st person | ܙܝܬܝ | ܙܝܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܝܬ | 2nd person | ܙܝܬܟ | ܙܝܬܟܝ | ܙܝܬܟܘܢ | ܙܝܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܝܬܐ | 3rd person | ܙܝܬܗ | ܙܝܬܗ | ܙܝܬܗܘܢ | ܙܝܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܙܝܬܝܢ | 1st person | ܙܝܬܝ | ܙܝܬܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܝܬܝ | 2nd person | ܙܝܬܝܟ | ܙܝܬܝܟܝ | ܙܝܬܝܟܘܢ | ܙܝܬܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܝܬܐ | 3rd person | ܙܝܬܘܗܝ | ܙܝܬܝܗ | ܙܝܬܝܗܘܢ | ܙܝܬܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܒܝܬ ܙܝܬܐ
- ܙܝܬܐ ܕܒܪܐ
- ܙܝܬܐ ܛܒܐ
- ܙܝܬܐ ܕܫܝܢܐ
- ܡܝ ܙܝܬܐ
Descendants
- Malayalam: സൈത്ത് (saittŭ)
References
- “zyt”, 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
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 115b
- 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 379b