ܡܙܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Probably related to ܡܥܙܐ (maʿəzē, “goat's hair”); compare Arabic مَاعِز (māʕiz, “goat”), Old Armenian մազ (maz, “hair”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛz.(zə.)θɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈmɪz.θɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈmez.θo]

Noun

ܡܙܬܐ • (mezzəṯā) f (plural ܡܙܐ (mezzē))

1. (anatomy) single hair

   Synonym: ܣܥܪܬܐ

2. (in the plural) hairs, fur

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܙܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܙܐ		1st person	ܡܙܬܝ		ܡܙܬܢ
	construct	ܡܙܬ		2nd person	ܡܙܬܟ	ܡܙܬܟܝ	ܡܙܬܟܝܢ	ܡܙܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܙܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܙܬܗ	ܡܙܬܗ	ܡܙܬܗܘܢ	ܡܙܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܙܝܢ		1st person	ܡܙܝ		ܡܙܝܢ
	construct	ܡܙܝ		2nd person	ܡܙܝܟ	ܡܙܝܟܝ	ܡܙܝܟܘܢ	ܡܙܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܙܐ		3rd person	ܡܙܘܗܝ	ܡܙܝܗ	ܡܙܝܗܘܢ	ܡܙܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܡܢܬܐ (mennəṯā)

References

• “mzh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-07
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 263a
• 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 736b