Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܒ-ܙ-ܚ (b-z-ḥ), related to deriding.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [buzˈzɑ.ħɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [buzˈzɑ.ħe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܒܘܙܚܐ (būzzāḥām (plural ܒܘܙܚܐ)

  1. derision, scorn; laughing stock
  2. delusion

Inflection edit

References edit

  • bwzḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-10-21
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 27a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 37b
  • 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, page 125a