ܙܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ζάλη (zálē).

Alternative forms

• ܙܐܠܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zalle(ʔ)] (singular and plural)

Noun

ܙܠܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܙܠܐ)

1. sea swell
2. tempest

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܠ		1st person	ܙܠܝ		ܙܠܢ
	construct	ܙܠ		2nd person	ܙܠܟ	ܙܠܟܝ	ܙܠܟܘܢ	ܙܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܠܐ		3rd person	ܙܠܗ	ܙܠܗ	ܙܠܗܘܢ	ܙܠܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܙܠܝܢ		1st person	ܙܠܝ		ܙܠܝܢ
	construct	ܙܠܝ		2nd person	ܙܠܝܟ	ܙܠܝܟܝ	ܙܠܝܟܘܢ	ܙܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܠܐ		3rd person	ܙܠܘܗܝ	ܙܠܝܗ	ܙܠܝܗܘܢ	ܙܠܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܙ-ܠ-ܠ related to being light.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zallɑ(ʔ)], [zɑlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [zalle(ʔ)], [zɑle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܠܐ)

1. (botany) rush, reed, sedge

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܠ		1st person	ܙܠܝ		ܙܠܢ
	construct	ܙܠ		2nd person	ܙܠܟ	ܙܠܟܝ	ܙܠܟܘܢ	ܙܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܠܐ		3rd person	ܙܠܗ	ܙܠܗ	ܙܠܗܘܢ	ܙܠܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܙܠܝܢ		1st person	ܙܠܝ		ܙܠܝܢ
	construct	ܙܠܝ		2nd person	ܙܠܝܟ	ܙܠܝܟܝ	ܙܠܝܟܘܢ	ܙܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܠܐ		3rd person	ܙܠܘܗܝ	ܙܠܝܗ	ܙܠܝܗܘܢ	ܙܠܝܗܝܢ

References

• “zˀlˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “zlˀ”, 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, p. 88b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 116a
• 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, pp. 361a, 381a