ܐܘܙܢܐ

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Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *āβzan. Compare Arabic أَبْزَن (ʔabzan) and Persian آبزن (âbzan).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܐܘܙܢܐ (ʾāwzānāʾm (plural ܐܘܙܢܐ)

  1. basin, laver (usually made of stone)
  2. (Christianity) baptismal font
  3. bowl, platter
  4. sarcophagus

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܘܙܢܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܐܘܙܢ 1st person ܐܘܙܢܝ ܐܘܙܢܢ
construct ܐܘܙܢ 2nd person ܐܘܙܢܟ ܐܘܙܢܟܝ ܐܘܙܢܟܘܢ ܐܘܙܢܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܘܙܢܐ 3rd person ܐܘܙܢܗ ܐܘܙܢܗ ܐܘܙܢܗܘܢ ܐܘܙܢܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܐܘܙܢܝܢ 1st person ܐܘܙܢܝ ܐܘܙܢܝܢ
construct ܐܘܙܢܝ 2nd person ܐܘܙܢܝܟ ܐܘܙܢܝܟܝ ܐܘܙܢܝܟܘܢ ܐܘܙܢܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܘܙܢܐ 3rd person ܐܘܙܢܘܗܝ ܐܘܙܢܝܗ ܐܘܙܢܝܗܘܢ ܐܘܙܢܝܗܝܢ

References

  • ˀwzn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-13
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 4a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 5a
  • 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. 13b