ܙܝܩܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Akkadian 𒍣𒄿𒄣 (/zîqu, zīqīqu/, “breeze, blast of air; storm, wind; ghost”), where also 𒄑𒍣𒋡 (/zâqu/, “to blow”). Also Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic זִיקָא (zīqā).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈzi.qɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈzi.qɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈzi.qo]
Noun
[edit]ܙܝܩܐ • (zīqā) m (plural ܙܝܩܐ (zīqē))
- storm, tempest
- gust, gale, strong wind
- (astronomy) comet, meteor, shooting star
- (figuratively) radiancy
- (mythology) a type of demon
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܙܝܩ | 1st person | ܙܝܩܝ | ܙܝܩܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܝܩ | 2nd person | ܙܝܩܟ | ܙܝܩܟܝ | ܙܝܩܟܘܢ | ܙܝܩܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܝܩܐ | 3rd person | ܙܝܩܗ | ܙܝܩܗ | ܙܝܩܗܘܢ | ܙܝܩܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܙܝܩܝܢ | 1st person | ܙܝܩܝ | ܙܝܩܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܙܝܩܝ | 2nd person | ܙܝܩܝܟ | ܙܝܩܝܟܝ | ܙܝܩܝܟܘܢ | ܙܝܩܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܙܝܩܐ | 3rd person | ܙܝܩܘܗܝ | ܙܝܩܝܗ | ܙܝܩܝܗܘܢ | ܙܝܩܝܗܝܢ | ||
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]- ܙܝܩܬܐ (zīqtā)
References
[edit]- “zyq2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-02-13
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 87b
- Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 110b
- 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 (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 411a
- 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 379b
- Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 45