zaa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zaa"

English

Noun

zaa (plural zaas)

1. The letter ظ in the Arabic script.
   • 2006, Coleman South, Leslie Jermyn, Syria, page 95:

     Z (zaa): a loose-tongued z; same as above.

   • 2013, Jane Wightwick, Mahmoud Gaafar, Colloquial Arabic of Egypt:

     the letter Zaa, formally an emphatic 'z', but often pronounced as an emphatic 'd' in Egyptian Arabic

Translations

letter

• Spanish: za (es) f

Anagrams

• aza, aza-

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Verb

-zaa (infinitive kuzaa)

1. to give birth, bear
2. to beget

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zaa
Positive present -nazaa Subjunctive -zae Negative -zai Imperative singular zaa
Infinitives
Positive kuzaa Negative kutozaa
Imperatives
Singular zaa Plural zaeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzaa Positive past positive subject concord + -lizaa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzaa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazaa) Singular Plural 1st person ninazaa/nazaa tunazaa 2nd person unazaa mnazaa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazaa wanazaa other classes positive subject concord + -nazaa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zai) Singular Plural 1st person sizai hatuzai 2nd person huzai hamzai 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazai hawazai other classes negative subject concord + -zai
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazaa Negative future negative subject concord + -tazaa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zae) Singular Plural 1st person nizae tuzae 2nd person uzae mzae 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azae wazae other classes positive subject concord + -zae
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizae Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezaa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezaa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizaa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizaa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azaa) Singular Plural 1st person nazaa twazaa 2nd person wazaa mwazaa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azaa wazaa m-mi(III/IV) wazaa yazaa ji-ma(V/VI) lazaa yazaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazaa vyazaa n(IX/X) yazaa zazaa u(XI) wazaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazaa pa(XVI) pazaa mu(XVIII) mwazaa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezaa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazaa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazaa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizaa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozaa Consecutive kazaa / positive subject concord + -kazaa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazae
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizaa -tuzaa 2nd person -kuzaa -wazaa/-kuzaeni/-wazaeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzaa -wazaa m-mi(III/IV) -uzaa -izaa ji-ma(V/VI) -lizaa -yazaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizaa -vizaa n(IX/X) -izaa -zizaa u(XI) -uzaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzaa pa(XVI) -pazaa mu(XVIII) -muzaa Reflexive -jizaa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zaa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zaaye -zaao m-mi(III/IV) -zaao -zaayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zaalo -zaayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zaacho -zaavyo n(IX/X) -zaayo -zaazo u(XI) -zaao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zaako pa(XVI) -zaapo mu(XVIII) -zaamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zaa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezaa -ozaa m-mi(III/IV) -ozaa -yozaa ji-ma(V/VI) -lozaa -yozaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozaa -vyozaa n(IX/X) -yozaa -zozaa u(XI) -ozaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozaa pa(XVI) -pozaa mu(XVIII) -mozaa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -zalia
  • Causative: -zalisha
  • Passive: -zaliwa (“be born”), -zawa

• Nominal derivations:
  • kizazi (“lineage”)
  • mzazi (“parent”)
  • uzazi (“parenthood”)
  • zao (“offspring; crops (in the plural)”)