ܙܘܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܙ-ܘ-ܥ‎ (z-w-ʿ) related to moving. Compare Hebrew זִיעַ‎ (zîaʿ). The sense of "vowel diacritic" is a calque of Arabic حَرَكَة‎ (ḥaraka(t)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [zawʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zawʕe(ʔ)], [zawʕɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܘܥܐ • (zawˁā) m (plural ܙܘܥܢܐ‎ or ܙܘܥܐ)

  1. shaking, trembling
  2. vibration
  3. moving, motion, movement
  4. earthquake
  5. commotion, agitation
  6. tumult, uprising, sedition, rebellion
  7. terror
  8. impulse
  9. (grammar, orthography) vowel diacritic

Inflection
    declension of ܙܘܥܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܙܘܥ ܙܘܥܢܝܢ ,ܙܘܥܝܢ
construct ܙܘܥ ܙܘܥܢܝ ,ܙܘܥܝ
emphatic ܙܘܥܐ ܙܘܥܢܐ ,ܙܘܥܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܙܘܥܝ ܙܘܥܢܝ ,ܙܘܥܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܙܘܥܟ ܙܘܥܢܝܟ ,ܙܘܥܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܙܘܥܟܝ ܙܘܥܢܝܟܝ ,ܙܘܥܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܙܘܥܗ ܙܘܥܢܘܗܝ ,ܙܘܥܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܙܘܥܗ ܙܘܥܢܝܗ ,ܙܘܥܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܙܘܥܢ ܙܘܥܢܝܢ ,ܙܘܥܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܙܘܥܟܘܢ ܙܘܥܢܝܟܘܢ ,ܙܘܥܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܙܘܥܟܝܢ ܙܘܥܢܝܟܝܢ ,ܙܘܥܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܙܘܥܗܘܢ ܙܘܥܢܝܗܘܢ ,ܙܘܥܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܙܘܥܗܝܢ ܙܘܥܢܝܗܝܢ ,ܙܘܥܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “zwˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 86b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 114a
  • 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, p. 374b
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