ܙܝܙܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Sumerian 𒍩 (zizān, “wheat; emmer wheat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zizɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [zizɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܙܝܙܢܐ • (zīzānā) m (plural ܙܝܙܢܐ (zīzānē))

1. weed, tare, darnel
2. (figuratively) wicked man

Usage notes

This word is usually found in the plural.

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܝܙܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܝܙܢ		1st person	ܙܝܙܢܝ		ܙܝܙܢܢ
	construct	ܙܝܙܢ		2nd person	ܙܝܙܢܟ	ܙܝܙܢܟܝ	ܙܝܙܢܟܘܢ	ܙܝܙܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܝܙܢܐ		3rd person	ܙܝܙܢܗ	ܙܝܙܢܗ	ܙܝܙܢܗܘܢ	ܙܝܙܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܙܝܙܢܝܢ		1st person	ܙܝܙܢܝ		ܙܝܙܢܝܢ
	construct	ܙܝܙܢܝ		2nd person	ܙܝܙܢܝܟ	ܙܝܙܢܝܟܝ	ܙܝܙܢܝܟܘܢ	ܙܝܙܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܝܙܢܐ		3rd person	ܙܝܙܢܘܗܝ	ܙܝܙܢܝܗ	ܙܝܙܢܝܗܘܢ	ܙܝܙܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܙܝܙܢܘܬܐ (zīzānūṯā)

Descendants

• → Arabic: زِيزَان (zīzān)
• → Ancient Greek: ζιζάνιον (zizánion) (see there for further descendants)

References

• “zyzn”, 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 87b
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 133–134
• Löw, Immanuel (1896) “Bemerkungen zu ‚Schwally’s Idioticon‘”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎^[2] (in German), volume 10, page 137
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[3] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 723–729
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 115a
• 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 378a