ܝܘܙܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian ywc (/⁠yōz⁠/) and see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jozɑ(ʔ)], [jawzɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܝܘܙܐ • (yōzāʾ, yawzāʾ) m (plural ܝܘܙܘܬܐ)

1. cheetah, leopard, panther

Inflection

Inflection of ܝܘܙܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܝܘܙ		1st person	ܝܘܙܝ		ܝܘܙܢ
	construct	ܝܘܙ		2nd person	ܝܘܙܟ	ܝܘܙܟܝ	ܝܘܙܟܘܢ	ܝܘܙܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܝܘܙܐ		3rd person	ܝܘܙܗ	ܝܘܙܗ	ܝܘܙܗܘܢ	ܝܘܙܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܝܘܙܘܢ		1st person	ܝܘܙܘܬܝ		ܝܘܙܘܬܢ
	construct	ܝܘܙܘܬ		2nd person	ܝܘܙܘܬܟ	ܝܘܙܘܬܟܝ	ܝܘܙܘܬܟܘܢ	ܝܘܙܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܝܘܙܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܝܘܙܘܬܗ	ܝܘܙܘܬܗ	ܝܘܙܘܬܗܘܢ	ܝܘܙܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ywzˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-08-21
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 189b
• 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, p. 568b