ܠܘܙܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Northern Kurdish lawaz.[1]
Adjective
ܠܘܙܐ • (lāwāzā)[2][3]
- thin, lean, emaciated
References
- 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
Etymology
From Middle Persian. Compare Arabic لَوْز (lawz) and Hebrew לוּז (lûz).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [luzɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [luze] (plural)
Noun
ܠܘܙܐ • (lūzā) m (plural ܠܘܙܐ)
- almond (especially sweet almond)
- almond tree
Inflection
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
- ܩܛܪܩܐ
- ܫܓܕܬܐ
References
- “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
- 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