ܙܘܝܬܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܙ ܘ ܐ (z w ˀ)
3 terms

Compare Arabic زَاوِيَة (zāwiya) and Hebrew זָוִית (zavít).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܙܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (zāwīṯāf sg (plural ܙܵܘܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (zāwyāṯē))

  1. external corner, edge
  2. (geometry) angle
  3. point of view

Inflection

    Inflection of ܙܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (zāwīṯā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute 1st person ܙܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܝܼ
(zāwīṯī)
ܙܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܲܢ
(zāwīṯan)
construct ܙܵܘܝܼܬ݂
(zāwīṯ)
2nd person ܙܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂
(zāwīṯūḵ)
ܙܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ
(zāwīṯāḵ)
ܙܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(zāwīṯāwḵōn)
emphatic ܙܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ
(zāwīṯā)
3rd person ܙܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܹܗ
(zāwīṯēh)
ܙܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܗ̇
(zāwīṯāh)
ܙܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ
(zāwīṯhōn)
plural absolute 1st person ܙܵܘܝܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈
(zāwyāṯī)
ܙܵܘܝܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈
(zāwyāṯan)
construct ܙܵܘܝܵܬ݂̈
(zāwyāṯ)
2nd person ܙܵܘܝܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂
(zāwyāṯūḵ)
ܙܵܘܝܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈
(zāwyāṯāḵ)
ܙܵܘܝܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(zāwyāṯāwḵōn)
emphatic ܙܵܘܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ
(zāwyāṯē)
3rd person ܙܵܘܝܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ
(zāwyāṯūh)
ܙܵܘܝܵܬ݂̈ܘܿܗ̇
(zāwyāṯōh)
ܙܵܘܝܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ
(zāwyāṯhōn)

Derived terms

See also

Proper noun

ܙܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (zāwīṯāf

  1. Zawita (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq)

Descendants

  • Arabic: زاوِيْتَة (zāwiyta)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic زَاوِيَة (zāwiya) and Hebrew זָוִית (zāwîṯ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܙܘܝܬܐ (zāwīṯāf (plural ܙܘܝܬܐ)

  1. corner
    • Peshitta, 1 Peter 2, 6.
      ܐܡܝܪ ܗܘ ܓܝܪ ܒܟܬܒܐ ܕܗܐ ܣܐܡ ܐܢܐ ܒܨܗܝܘܢ ܟܐܦܐ ܒܚܝܪܬܐ ܘܝܩܝܪܬܐ ܒܪܝܫ ܙܘܝܬܐ
      ʾămīr ū ḡêr ba-ḵəṯāḇā ḏə-hā sāʾem nā ḇə-ṣēhyōn kēp̄ā ḇəḥīrtā wə-yaqqīrtā ḇə-rêš zāwīṯā
      For it is said in the Scripture: "Behold, I place in Zion a stone, chosen and precious, at the head of the corner"
  2. (figuratively) corner or clime of earth; quarter of heaven
  3. (geometry) angle
  4. small temple, chapel

Inflection

References

  • zwy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-02-17
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 85b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 113a
  • 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. 372b