ܡܙܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Probably related to ܡܥܙܐ (maʿəzē, “goat's hair”); compare Arabic مَاعِز (māʕiz, “goat”), Old Armenian մազ (maz, “hair”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈmɛz.(zə.)θɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈmɪz.θɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈmez.θo]

Noun

ܡܙܬܐ • (mezzəṯā) f (plural ܡܙܐ (mezzē))

  1. (anatomy) single hair
    Synonym: ܣܥܪܬܐ
  2. (in the plural) hairs, fur

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܙܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܡܙܐ 1st person ܡܙܬܝ ܡܙܬܢ
construct ܡܙܬ 2nd person ܡܙܬܟ ܡܙܬܟܝ ܡܙܬܟܝܢ ܡܙܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܙܬܐ 3rd person ܡܙܬܗ ܡܙܬܗ ܡܙܬܗܘܢ ܡܙܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܡܙܝܢ 1st person ܡܙܝ ܡܙܝܢ
construct ܡܙܝ 2nd person ܡܙܝܟ ܡܙܝܟܝ ܡܙܝܟܘܢ ܡܙܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܡܙܐ 3rd person ܡܙܘܗܝ ܡܙܝܗ ܡܙܝܗܘܢ ܡܙܝܗܝܢ

See also

References

  • “mzh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 7 November 2011
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 263a
  • 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 736b
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