ܡܥܙܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
A plural of Proto-West Semitic *maʕaz- (“goat”), in preceding Aramaic lects meaning “goat hair”, before that “goat pelts”, hence plural.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈma(.)ʕ(ə.)ze]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈmaʕ.ze]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈmɑʕ.ze]
Noun
ܡܲܥ̈ܙܹܐ or ܡܰܥ̈ܙܶܐ • (maʿəzē) m pl (plural only, hapax)
- (anatomy) hair, fur
Inflection
declension of ܡܥܙܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | — | ܡܥܙܝܢ |
| construct | — | ܡܥܙܝ |
| emphatic | — | ܡܥܙܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | — | ܡܥܙܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | — | ܡܥܙܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | — | ܡܥܙܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | — | ܡܥܙܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | — | ܡܥܙܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | — | ܡܥܙܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | — | ܡܥܙܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | — | ܡܥܙܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | — | ܡܥܙܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | — | ܡܥܙܝܗܝܢ |
Derived terms
- ܡܙܬܐ (mezzəṯā, “a curl, lock”)
Descendants
- → Old Armenian: մազ (maz, “hair”)
References
- “mˁzy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-06-22
- Bar ʿalī (Īshōʿ) (a. 900), “ܡܥܲ̈ܙܐ”, in Gottheil, Richard, editor, Syrisch-arabische Glossen [ʔ-m] (in Classical Syriac), Kiel: Schwers’sche Buchhandlung, published 1874, Nr. 5600
- Brockelmann, Carl (1928), “ܡܱ̈ܥܙܶܐ”, in Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 397b, referring to Brockelmann, Carl (1928), “ܡܶܙܬ݂ܳܐ”, in Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 378b where this Bar Ali locus is referenced.
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 288b
- 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 800a