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))

1. weed, tare, darnel
2. (figuratively) wicked man

Usage notes

This word is usually found in the plural.

Inflection

    inflection of ܙܝܙܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܝܙܢ	ܙܝܙܢܝܢ
construct	ܙܝܙܢ	ܙܝܙܢܝ
emphatic	ܙܝܙܢܐ	ܙܝܙܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܙܝܙܢܝ	ܙܝܙܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܙܝܙܢܟ	ܙܝܙܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܙܝܙܢܟܝ	ܙܝܙܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܙܝܙܢܗ	ܙܝܙܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܙܝܙܢܗ	ܙܝܙܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܙܝܙܢܢ	ܙܝܙܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܙܝܙܢܟܘܢ	ܙܝܙܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܙܝܙܢܟܝܢ	ܙܝܙܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܙܝܙܢܗܘܢ	ܙܝܙܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܙܝܙܢܗܝܢ	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, page 378a