ܠܘܙܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Kurdish lawaz.[1]

Adjective

ܠܘܙܐ (lāwāzā)[2][3]

  1. thin, lean, emaciated

References
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. “ܠܘܙܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary‎, Association Assyrophile de France, accessed 2019-03-04

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic لَوْز‎ (lawz) and Hebrew לוּז‎ (lûz).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [luzɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [luze(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܠܘܙܐ • (lūzā) m (plural ܠܘܙܐ)

  1. almond (especially sweet almond)
  2. almond tree

Inflection
    declension 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

References
  • “lwz”, 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. 169b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 677a
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