ܠܘܙܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
From Northern Kurdish lawaz.[1]
Adjective edit
References edit
- ^ 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, accessed 2019-03-04
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
Compare Arabic لَوْز (lawz), Hebrew לוּז (lûz, “almond”) and the first part of Persian لوزینه, which see for more.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܠܘܙܐ • (lūzā) m (plural ܠܘܙܐ)
- almond (especially sweet almond)
- almond tree
Inflection edit
inflection of ܠܘܙܐ
state | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
absolute | ܠܘܙ | ܠܘܙܝܢ |
construct | ܠܘܙ | ܠܘܙܝ |
emphatic | ܠܘܙܐ | ܠܘܙܐ |
possessive forms | ||
1st c. sg. (my) | ܠܘܙܝ | ܠܘܙܝ |
2nd m. sg. (your) | ܠܘܙܟ | ܠܘܙܝܟ |
2nd f. sg. (your) | ܠܘܙܟܝ | ܠܘܙܝܟܝ |
3rd m. sg. (his) | ܠܘܙܗ | ܠܘܙܘܗܝ |
3rd f. sg. (her) | ܠܘܙܗ | ܠܘܙܝܗ |
1st c. pl. (our) | ܠܘܙܢ | ܠܘܙܝܢ |
2nd m. pl. (your) | ܠܘܙܟܘܢ | ܠܘܙܝܟܘܢ |
2nd f. pl. (your) | ܠܘܙܟܝܢ | ܠܘܙܝܟܝܢ |
3rd m. pl. (their) | ܠܘܙܗܘܢ | ܠܘܙܝܗܘܢ |
3rd f. pl. (their) | ܠܘܙܗܝܢ | ܠܘܙܝܗܝܢ |
See also edit
References edit
- “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, page 677a