ܠܥܙܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܠ-ܥ-ܙ related to chirping. Compare Hebrew לַעַז (láʿaz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɛʕzɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [lɛʕze(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܠܥܙܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܠܥܙܐ)

1. sound, voice
2. (phonetics) pronunciation
3. word, speech, utterance
4. tongue, language, dialect

Inflection

Inflection of ܠܥܙܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܠܥܙ		1st person	ܠܥܙܝ		ܠܥܙܢ
	construct	ܠܥܙ		2nd person	ܠܥܙܟ	ܠܥܙܟܝ	ܠܥܙܟܘܢ	ܠܥܙܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܠܥܙܐ		3rd person	ܠܥܙܗ	ܠܥܙܗ	ܠܥܙܗܘܢ	ܠܥܙܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܠܥܙܝܢ		1st person	ܠܥܙܝ		ܠܥܙܝܢ
	construct	ܠܥܙܝ		2nd person	ܠܥܙܝܟ	ܠܥܙܝܟܝ	ܠܥܙܝܟܘܢ	ܠܥܙܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܠܥܙܐ		3rd person	ܠܥܙܘܗܝ	ܠܥܙܝܗ	ܠܥܙܝܗܘܢ	ܠܥܙܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܨܘܬܐ
• ܠܫܢܐ
• ܣܦܪܐ

References

• “lˁz”, 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. 174a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 244a
• 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. 694a-b