ܡܥܙܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

A plural of Proto-West Semitic *maʕaz- (“goat”), in preceding Aramaic lects meaning “goat hair”, before that “goat pelts”, hence plural. See also Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܡܸܥܙܬܵܐ (miˁztā, “hair”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈma(.)ʕ(ə.)ze]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈmaʕ.ze]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈmɑʕ.ze]

Noun

ܡܲܥ̈ܙܹܐ or ܡܰܥ̈ܙܶܐ • (maʿəzē) m pl (plural only, hapax)

1. (anatomy) hair, fur

Inflection

    declension of ܡܥܙܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	—	ܡܥܙܝܢ
construct	—	ܡܥܙܝ
emphatic	—	ܡܥܙܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	—	ܡܥܙܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	—	ܡܥܙܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	—	ܡܥܙܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	—	ܡܥܙܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	—	ܡܥܙܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	—	ܡܥܙܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	—	ܡܥܙܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	—	ܡܥܙܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	—	ܡܥܙܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	—	ܡܥܙܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܡܙܬܐ (mezzəṯā, “a curl, lock”)

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: մազ (maz, “hair”)

References

• “mˁzy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-06-22
• Bar ʿalī (Īshōʿ) (a. 900) “ܡܥܲ̈ܙܐ”, in Gottheil, Richard, editor, Syrisch-arabische Glossen [ʔ-m] (in Classical Syriac), Kiel: Schwers’sche Buchhandlung, published 1874, Nr. 5600
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) “ܡܱ̈ܥܙܶܐ”, in Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 397b, referring to Brockelmann, Carl (1928) “ܡܶܙܬ݂ܳܐ”, in Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 378b where this Bar Ali locus is referenced.
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 288b
• 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 800a