ܙܘܦܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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Related to Akkadian 𒍪𒌑𒁍 (/⁠zūpu⁠/), Hebrew אֵזוֹב (ʾēzṓḇ), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic אֵיזוֹבָא (ʾēzōḇa), and Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos) with its many European descendants.

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈzo.p˭ɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈzo.p˭ɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈzu.p˭o]

The unaspirated [p˭], foreign to Syriac phonology, is due to there being a Greek π (p) being rendered in the other word, so that the two words spelled the same got fused in pronunciation, both being considered of Greek origin by Syrians.

Noun

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ܙܘܦܐ (zōṗām or f (plural ܙܘܦܐ (zōṗē))

  1. hyssop
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek οἴσυπος (oísupos), οἰσύπη (oisúpē, lanoline).

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈzo.p˭ɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈzo.p˭ɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈzu.p˭o]

Noun

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ܙܘܦܐ (zōṗām (plural ܙܘܦܐ (zōṗē))

  1. lanolin, the grease of wool
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References

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  • zwp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-08-28
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 86b
  • Langkavel, Bernhard (1866) Botanik der späteren Griechen vom dritten bis dreizehnten Jahrhunderte (in German), Berlin: F. Berggold, page 56
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 134–136
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 423
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[3] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 87–89
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 114b
  • 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 375a