ܘܙܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Aramaic אָוָוזָא (ʾăwazzā), from Akkadian 𒊻𒄷 (ūsum, duck), from Sumerian 𒊻𒄷 (uz, wild duck).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wazzɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [wazze] (plural)

Noun

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

  1. goose, gander

Inflection

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