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

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܘܦ	ܙܘܦܝܢ
construct	ܙܘܦ	ܙܘܦܝ
emphatic	ܙܘܦܐ	ܙܘܦܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܙܘܦܝ	ܙܘܦܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܙܘܦܟ	ܙܘܦܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܙܘܦܟܝ	ܙܘܦܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܙܘܦܗ	ܙܘܦܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܙܘܦܗ	ܙܘܦܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܙܘܦܢ	ܙܘܦܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܙܘܦܟܘܢ	ܙܘܦܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܙܘܦܟܝܢ	ܙܘܦܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܙܘܦܗܘܢ	ܙܘܦܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܙܘܦܗܝܢ	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

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܘܦ	ܙܘܦܝܢ
construct	ܙܘܦ	ܙܘܦܝ
emphatic	ܙܘܦܐ	ܙܘܦܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܙܘܦܝ	ܙܘܦܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܙܘܦܟ	ܙܘܦܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܙܘܦܟܝ	ܙܘܦܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܙܘܦܗ	ܙܘܦܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܙܘܦܗ	ܙܘܦܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܙܘܦܢ	ܙܘܦܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܙܘܦܟܘܢ	ܙܘܦܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܙܘܦܟܝܢ	ܙܘܦܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܙܘܦܗܘܢ	ܙܘܦܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܙܘܦܗܝܢ	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