Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܚ-ܙ-ܐ (ḥ-z-ʾ) related to seeing.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܚܙܝܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. seeing, sight, vision
  2. recovery from blindness
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܚ-ܙ-ܐ (ḥ-z-ʾ) related to seeing.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ħɛzjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħɛzje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܚܙܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܚܙܝܐ)

  1. (nautical) prow
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

From the root ܚ-ܙ-ܐ (ḥ-z-ʾ) related to seeing. Compare Hebrew חֹזֶה (ḥōzê).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ħazzɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħazzɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܚܙܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܚܙܝܐ)

  1. observer, spectator, onlooker
  2. eyewitness
  3. seer, prophet
Inflection edit

References edit

  • ḥzy”, 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, p. 101a, b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 136b
  • 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, pp. 438b-439a