ܙܘܦܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Related to Akkadian 𒍪𒌑𒁍 (/⁠zūpu⁠/), Hebrew אֵזוֹב (ʾēzṓḇ), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic אֵיזוֹבָא (ʾēzōḇa), and Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos) with its many European descendants.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈzo.p˭ɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈzo.p˭ɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈzu.p˭o]

The unaspirated [p˭], foreign to Syriac phonology, is due to there being a Greek π (p) being rendered in the other word, so that the two words spelled the same got fused in pronunciation, both being considered of Greek origin by Syrians.

Noun

ܙܘܦܐ • (zōṗā) m or f (plural ܙܘܦܐ (zōṗē))

1. hyssop

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܘܦܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܘܦ		1st person	ܙܘܦܝ		ܙܘܦܢ
	construct	ܙܘܦ		2nd person	ܙܘܦܟ	ܙܘܦܟܝ	ܙܘܦܟܘܢ	ܙܘܦܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܘܦܐ		3rd person	ܙܘܦܗ	ܙܘܦܗ	ܙܘܦܗܘܢ	ܙܘܦܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܙܘܦܝܢ		1st person	ܙܘܦܝ		ܙܘܦܝܢ
	construct	ܙܘܦܝ		2nd person	ܙܘܦܝܟ	ܙܘܦܝܟܝ	ܙܘܦܝܟܘܢ	ܙܘܦܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܘܦܐ		3rd person	ܙܘܦܘܗܝ	ܙܘܦܝܗ	ܙܘܦܝܗܘܢ	ܙܘܦܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: زُوفَا (zūfā)
• → Aghwan: 𐔵𐕒𐕗𐔰 (zoṗa)
• → Old Armenian: զոպայ (zopay)
  • → Old Georgian: ზოპავი (zoṗavi)
• → Byzantine Greek: ζοῦφα (zoûpha)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek οἴσυπος (oísupos), οἰσύπη (oisúpē, “lanoline”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈzo.p˭ɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈzo.p˭ɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈzu.p˭o]

Noun

ܙܘܦܐ • (zōṗā) m (plural ܙܘܦܐ (zōṗē))

1. lanolin, the grease of wool

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܘܦܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܘܦ		1st person	ܙܘܦܝ		ܙܘܦܢ
	construct	ܙܘܦ		2nd person	ܙܘܦܟ	ܙܘܦܟܝ	ܙܘܦܟܘܢ	ܙܘܦܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܘܦܐ		3rd person	ܙܘܦܗ	ܙܘܦܗ	ܙܘܦܗܘܢ	ܙܘܦܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܙܘܦܝܢ		1st person	ܙܘܦܝ		ܙܘܦܝܢ
	construct	ܙܘܦܝ		2nd person	ܙܘܦܝܟ	ܙܘܦܝܟܝ	ܙܘܦܝܟܘܢ	ܙܘܦܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܘܦܐ		3rd person	ܙܘܦܘܗܝ	ܙܘܦܝܗ	ܙܘܦܝܗܘܢ	ܙܘܦܝܗܝܢ

References

• “zwp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-08-28
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 86b
• Langkavel, Bernhard (1866) Botanik der späteren Griechen vom dritten bis dreizehnten Jahrhunderte (in German), Berlin: F. Berggold, page 56
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 134–136
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 423
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[3] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 87–89
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 114b
• 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 375a