زوفا

Arabic

زُوفَا

Alternative forms

زُوفَى (zūfā), زُوفَاء (zūfāʔ) — archaic
زُوبَاع (zūbāʕ), زُوبَا (zūbā) — dialectal
أَزَاب (ʔazāb) — Hebraism

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܙܘܦܐ (zōpā), related to Akkadian 𒍪𒌑𒁍 (/⁠zūpu⁠/), Hebrew אֵזוֹב (ʾēzōḇ), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic אֵיזוֹבָא (ʾēzōḇa), and Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos) with its many European descendants.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zuː.faː/

Noun

زُوفَا • (zūfā) f or m

hyssop

Declension

Declension of noun زُوفَا (zūfā)

Singular	singular invariable
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زُوفَا zūfā	الزُّوفَا az-zūfā	زُوفَا zūfā
Nominative	زُوفَا zūfā	الزُّوفَا az-zūfā	زُوفَا zūfā
Accusative	زُوفَا zūfā	الزُّوفَا az-zūfā	زُوفَا zūfā
Genitive	زُوفَا zūfā	الزُّوفَا az-zūfā	زُوفَا zūfā

Further reading

زوفا (نبات) on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar
Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زوبا”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 610
Freytag, Georg (1833) “زوفا”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 267
Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 134–136
Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 87–89

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