لوز

See also: لور

Arabic

لَوْز

Etymology

From Aramaic לוּזָא / ܠܽܘܙܳܐ (lūzā), from Middle Persian 𐭫𐭥𐭦 (lwc /⁠lōz⁠/, “almond”) in 𐭫𐭥𐭦𐭩𐭭𐭪𐭥 (lwcynk' /⁠lawzēnag/lōzēnag⁠/, “almond sweetmeat, marzipan”) (Persian لوز (lowz, “almond”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lawz/

Noun

لَوْز • (lawz) m (collective, singulative لَوْزَة f (lawza))

1. almond
2. almond tree
3. tonsil
4. (singulative only) amygdala

Declension

Declension of noun لَوْز (lawz)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَوْز lawz	اللَّوْز al-lawz	لَوْز lawz
Nominative	لَوْزٌ lawzun	اللَّوْزُ al-lawzu	لَوْزُ lawzu
Accusative	لَوْزًا lawzan	اللَّوْزَ al-lawza	لَوْزَ lawza
Genitive	لَوْزٍ lawzin	اللَّوْزِ al-lawzi	لَوْزِ lawzi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَوْزَة lawza	اللَّوْزَة al-lawza	لَوْزَة lawzat
Nominative	لَوْزَةٌ lawzatun	اللَّوْزَةُ al-lawzatu	لَوْزَةُ lawzatu
Accusative	لَوْزَةً lawzatan	اللَّوْزَةَ al-lawzata	لَوْزَةَ lawzata
Genitive	لَوْزَةٍ lawzatin	اللَّوْزَةِ al-lawzati	لَوْزَةِ lawzati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَوْزَتَيْن lawzatayn	اللَّوْزَتَيْن al-lawzatayn	لَوْزَتَيْ lawzatay
Nominative	لَوْزَتَانِ lawzatāni	اللَّوْزَتَانِ al-lawzatāni	لَوْزَتَا lawzatā
Accusative	لَوْزَتَيْنِ lawzatayni	اللَّوْزَتَيْنِ al-lawzatayni	لَوْزَتَيْ lawzatay
Genitive	لَوْزَتَيْنِ lawzatayni	اللَّوْزَتَيْنِ al-lawzatayni	لَوْزَتَيْ lawzatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَوْزَات lawzāt	اللَّوْزَات al-lawzāt	لَوْزَات lawzāt
Nominative	لَوْزَاتٌ lawzātun	اللَّوْزَاتُ al-lawzātu	لَوْزَاتُ lawzātu
Accusative	لَوْزَاتٍ lawzātin	اللَّوْزَاتِ al-lawzāti	لَوْزَاتِ lawzāti
Genitive	لَوْزَاتٍ lawzātin	اللَّوْزَاتِ al-lawzāti	لَوْزَاتِ lawzāti

References

• “lwz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Corriente, Federico (2005) “لوز”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 1073
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 145
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “لوز”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 135
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[3] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 153–155
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[4] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 374
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “لوز”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1173–1174

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Moroccan Arabic

Root
ل و ز
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic لَوْز (lawz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lawz/, /luːz/

• Audio:

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Noun

لوز • (lawz, lūz) m (collective, singulative لوزة f (lawza, lūz), paucal لوزات (lawzāt, lūzāt))

1. almonds

   Synonym: نوى (nwa)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /law.waz/

Verb

لوز • (lawwaz) II (non-past يلوز (ylawwaz), verbal noun تلواز (talwāz), active participle ملوز (mlawwaz))

1. to belly dance

Conjugation

Conjugation of لوز
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	لوّزت (lawwazt)	لوّزتي (lawwazti)	لوّز (lawwaz)		لوّزنا (lawwazna)	لوّزتوا (lawwaztu)	لوّزوا (lawwzu)
	f			لوّزت (lawwzāt)
non-past	m	نلوّز (nlawwaz)	تلوّز (tlawwaz)	يلوّز (ylawwaz)		نلوّزوا (nlawwzu)	تلوّزوا (tlawwzu)	يلوّزوا (ylawwzu)
	f		تلوّزي (tlawwzi)	تلوّز (tlawwaz)
imperative	m		لوّز (lawwaz)				لوّزوا (lawwzu)
	f		لوّزي (lawwzi)

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭫𐭥𐭦 (lwc /⁠lōz⁠/, “almond”) in 𐭫𐭥𐭦𐭩𐭭𐭪𐭥 (lwcynk' /⁠lawzēnag/lōzēnag⁠/, “almond sweetmeat, marzipan”). Compare Arabic لَوْزِينَج (lawzīnaj), borrowed from it. Cognate with Latin nux.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	l
Dari reading?	l
Iranian reading?	l
Tajik reading?	l

Noun

Dari	لوز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лавз

لوز • (lowz, luz)

1. almond
2. a type of marzipan

Derived terms

• لوزینه (lowzine)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “lawzēnag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لَوْز (lawz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loːz/, [loːz]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (file)

Noun

لوز • (lōz) m (collective, singulative لوزة f (lōze))

1. (uncountable) almond