ܘܙܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܘܐܙܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic אָוָוזָא (ʾăwazzā), from Akkadian 𒊻𒄷 (ūsum, “duck”), from Sumerian 𒊻𒄷 (uz, “wild duck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wazzɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [wazze] (plural)

Noun

ܘܙܐ • (wazzā) m (plural ܘܙܐ (wazzē), singular feminine counterpart ܘܙܬܐ (wazzəṯā))

1. goose, gander

Inflection

Inflection of ܘܙܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܘܙ		1st person	ܘܙܝ		ܘܙܢ
	construct	ܘܙ		2nd person	ܘܙܟ	ܘܙܟܝ	ܘܙܟܘܢ	ܘܙܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܘܙܐ		3rd person	ܘܙܗ	ܘܙܗ	ܘܙܗܘܢ	ܘܙܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܘܙܝܢ		1st person	ܘܙܝ		ܘܙܝܢ
	construct	ܘܙܝ		2nd person	ܘܙܝܟ	ܘܙܝܟܝ	ܘܙܝܟܘܢ	ܘܙܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܘܙܐ		3rd person	ܘܙܘܗܝ	ܘܙܝܗ	ܘܙܝܗܘܢ	ܘܙܝܗܝܢ

References

• “wzˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 81b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 107b
• 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, page 357b