ܘܙܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܘܐܙܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic אָוָוזָא (/⁠ʾawazzā⁠/), from Akkadian 𒊻𒄷 (/⁠ūsu⁠/, “duck”), from Sumerian 𒊻𒄷 (/⁠uz⁠/, “wild duck, waterfowl”), likely all onomatopoeic in origin. Compare Arabic إِوَزّ (ʔiwazz) and Hebrew אֲוָז (ʾăwāz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wazzɑ(ʔ)]
• IPA^(key): [wazze(ʔ)]

Noun

ܘܙܐ • (wazzā) m (plural ܘܙܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܘܙܬܐ)

1. goose, gander

Inflection

    inflection of ܘܙܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܘܙ	ܘܙܝܢ
construct	ܘܙ	ܘܙܝ
emphatic	ܘܙܐ	ܘܙܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܘܙܝ	ܘܙܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܘܙܟ	ܘܙܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܘܙܟܝ	ܘܙܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܘܙܗ	ܘܙܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܘܙܗ	ܘܙܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܘܙܢ	ܘܙܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܘܙܟܘܢ	ܘܙܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܘܙܟܝܢ	ܘܙܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܘܙܗܘܢ	ܘܙܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܘܙܗܝܢ	ܘܙܝܗܝܢ

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, p. 81b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 357b