ܐܘܙܢܐ
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܐܘܘܙܢܐ
- ܘܙܢܐ
Etymology
From Middle Iranian *āβzan. Compare Arabic أَبْزَن (ʔabzan) and Persian آبزن (âbzan).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔɑwzɑnɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʔɑwzɑne] (plural)
Noun
ܐܘܙܢܐ • (ʾāwzānā) m (plural ܐܘܙܢܐ)
- basin, laver (usually made of stone)
- (Christianity) baptismal font
- bowl, platter
- sarcophagus
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܘܙܢ | 1st person | ܐܘܙܢܝ | ܐܘܙܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܘܙܢ | 2nd person | ܐܘܙܢܟ | ܐܘܙܢܟܝ | ܐܘܙܢܟܘܢ | ܐܘܙܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܘܙܢܐ | 3rd person | ܐܘܙܢܗ | ܐܘܙܢܗ | ܐܘܙܢܗܘܢ | ܐܘܙܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܐܘܙܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܐܘܙܢܝ | ܐܘܙܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܘܙܢܝ | 2nd person | ܐܘܙܢܝܟ | ܐܘܙܢܝܟܝ | ܐܘܙܢܝܟܘܢ | ܐܘܙܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܘܙܢܐ | 3rd person | ܐܘܙܢܘܗܝ | ܐܘܙܢܝܗ | ܐܘܙܢܝܗܘܢ | ܐܘܙܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “ˀwzn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 13 May 2013
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 4a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 5a
- 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, →ISBN, page 13b