ܐܘܙܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܘܘܙܢܐ
• ܘܙܢܐ

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *āβzan. Compare Arabic أَبْزَن (ʔabzan) and Persian آبزن (âbzan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɑwzɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔɑwzɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܘܙܢܐ • (ʾāwzānāʾ) m (plural ܐܘܙܢܐ)

1. basin, laver (usually made of stone)
2. (Christianity) baptismal font
3. bowl, platter
4. sarcophagus

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܘܙܢܐ

	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 2013-05-13
• 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, p. 4a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 13b