زوفا

Arabic

زُوفَا

Alternative forms

• زُوفَى (zūfā), زُوفَاء (zūfāʔ) — archaic
• زُوبَاع (zūbāʕ), زُوبَا (zūbā) — dialectal
• أَزَاب (ʔazāb) — Hebraism

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܙܘܦܐ (zōpā), related to Akkadian 𒍪𒌑𒁍 (/⁠zūpu⁠/), Hebrew אֵזוֹב (ʾēzōḇ), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic אֵיזוֹבָא (ʾēzōḇa), and Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos) with its many European descendants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zuː.faː/

Noun

زُوفَا • (zūfā) f or m

1. hyssop

Declension

Declension of noun زُوفَا (zūfā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زُوفَا zūfā	الزُّوفَا az-zūfā	زُوفَا zūfā
Nominative	زُوفَا zūfā	الزُّوفَا az-zūfā	زُوفَا zūfā
Accusative	زُوفَا zūfā	الزُّوفَا az-zūfā	زُوفَا zūfā
Genitive	زُوفَا zūfā	الزُّوفَا az-zūfā	زُوفَا zūfā

Further reading

• زوفا (نبات) on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زوبا”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 610
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “زوفا”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 267
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[3] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 134–136
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[4] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 87–89