ܠܘܙܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology 1
Inherited from Aramaic לוּזָא (lūzā); cognate of Arabic لَوْز (lawz), Hebrew לוּז (lûz, “almond”) and the first part of Persian لوزینه.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [luːzɑː]
Noun
ܠܘܼܙܵܐ • (lūzā) m (plural ܠܘܼܙܹ̈ܐ (lūzē))
- a sweet almond; a confection of almonds
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܠܘܼܙ (lūz) | 1st person | ܠܘܼܙܝܼ (lūzī) | ܠܘܼܙܲܢ (lūzan) | |||
| construct | ܠܘܼܙ (lūz) | 2nd person | ܠܘܼܙܘܼܟ݂ (lūzōḵ) | ܠܘܼܙܵܟ݂ܝ (lūzāḵ) | ܠܘܼܙܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (lūzawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܠܘܼܙܵܐ (lūzā) | 3rd person | ܠܘܼܙܹܗ (lūzēh) | ܠܘܼܙܵܗ̇ (lūzāh) | ܠܘܼܙܗܘܿܢ (luzhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܠܘܼܙܝܼ̈ܢ (lūzīn) | 1st person | ܠܘܼܙܝܼ̈ (lūzī) | ܠܘܼܙܲܢ̈ (lūzan) | |||
| construct | ܠܘܼܙܲܝ̈ (lūzay) | 2nd person | ܠܘܼܙܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (lūzōḵ) | ܠܘܼܙܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (lūzāḵ) | ܠܘܼܙܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (lūzawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܠܘܼܙܹ̈ܐ (lūzē) | 3rd person | ܠܘܼܙܘܼ̈ܗܝ (lūzūh) | ܠܘܼܙܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (lūzōh) | ܠܘܼܙܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (lūzayhōn) | |||
See also
- ܫܸܓ݂ܕܵܐ (šiḡdā)
Etymology 2
From Northern Kurdish lawaz.[1]
Adjective
References
- ^ Napiorkowska, Lidia (2015) A Grammar of the Christian Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Diyana-Zariwaw (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 81), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 158, 499
- ^ Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܠܘܙܐ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 146a
- ^ “ܠܘܙܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 4 March 2019 (last accessed)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Arabic لَوْز (lawz), Hebrew לוּז (lûz, “almond”) and the first part of Persian لوزینه, which see for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [luzɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [luze] (plural)
Noun
ܠܘܙܐ • (lūzā) m (plural ܠܘܙܐ)
- almond (especially sweet almond)
- almond tree
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܠܘܙ | 1st person | ܠܘܙܝ | ܠܘܙܢ | |||
| construct | ܠܘܙ | 2nd person | ܠܘܙܟ | ܠܘܙܟܝ | ܠܘܙܟܘܢ | ܠܘܙܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܠܘܙܐ | 3rd person | ܠܘܙܗ | ܠܘܙܗ | ܠܘܙܗܘܢ | ܠܘܙܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܠܘܙܝܢ | 1st person | ܠܘܙܝ | ܠܘܙܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܠܘܙܝ | 2nd person | ܠܘܙܝܟ | ܠܘܙܝܟܝ | ܠܘܙܝܟܘܢ | ܠܘܙܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܠܘܙܐ | 3rd person | ܠܘܙܘܗܝ | ܠܘܙܝܗ | ܠܘܙܝܗܘܢ | ܠܘܙܝܗܝܢ | ||
See also
References
- “lwz”, 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 169b
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “lawzēnag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 53
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 237b
- 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 677a