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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Aramaic אָוָוזָא (ʾăwazzā), from Akkadian 𒊻𒄷 (ūsum, “duck”), from Sumerian 𒊻𒄷 (uz, “wild duck”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܘܙܐ • (wazzā) m (plural ܘܙܐ (wazzē), singular feminine counterpart ܘܙܬܐ (wazzəṯā))
- goose, gander
Inflection
References
- “wzˀ”, 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, page 81b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 107b
- 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 357b