ܙܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ζάλη (zálē).

Alternative forms

• ܙܐܠܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zalle(ʔ)] (singular and plural)

Noun

ܙܠܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܙܠܐ)

1. sea swell
2. tempest

Inflection

    inflection of ܙܠܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܠ	ܙܠܝܢ
construct	ܙܠ	ܙܠܝ
emphatic	ܙܠܐ	ܙܠܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܙܠܝ	ܙܠܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܙܠܟ	ܙܠܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܙܠܟܝ	ܙܠܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܙܠܗ	ܙܠܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܙܠܗ	ܙܠܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܙܠܢ	ܙܠܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܙܠܟܘܢ	ܙܠܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܙܠܟܝܢ	ܙܠܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܙܠܗܘܢ	ܙܠܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܙܠܗܝܢ	ܙܠܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܙ-ܠ-ܠ (z-l-l) related to being light.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zallɑ(ʔ)], [zɑlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [zalle(ʔ)], [zɑle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܠܐ)

1. (botany) rush, reed, sedge

Inflection

    inflection of ܙܠܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܠ	ܙܠܝܢ
construct	ܙܠ	ܙܠܝ
emphatic	ܙܠܐ	ܙܠܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܙܠܝ	ܙܠܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܙܠܟ	ܙܠܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܙܠܟܝ	ܙܠܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܙܠܗ	ܙܠܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܙܠܗ	ܙܠܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܙܠܢ	ܙܠܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܙܠܟܘܢ	ܙܠܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܙܠܟܝܢ	ܙܠܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܙܠܗܘܢ	ܙܠܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܙܠܗܝܢ	ܙܠܝܗܝܢ

References

• “zˀlˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “zlˀ”, 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. 88b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 116a
• 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, pp. 361a, 381a