ܙܘܥܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܙ ܘ ܥ (z w ˁ)
8 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic זַוְעָא (zawˁā); compare Hebrew זִיעַ (zía', flutter, tremor) with the sense of “vowel diacritic” a semantic loan from Arabic حَرَكَة (ḥaraka).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [zɑwʕɑː]

Noun

ܙܵܘܥܵܐ • (zāwˁā) m sg (plural ܙܵܘܥܹ̈ܐ (zāwˁē) or ܙܵܘܥܵܢܹ̈ܐ (zāwˁānē))

  1. movement, motion, moving
  2. tumult, uprising, sedition, rebellion
  3. terror, impulse, vibration
  4. (grammar, orthography) vowel diacritic
    Synonym: ܢܘܼܩܙܵܐ (nuqzā)
  5. (modern, politics) movement

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܙܲܝܸܥ (zayyiˁ, to punctuate, vocalise)
  • ܙܵܘܥܵܐ ܡܚܲܝܕܵܐ (zāwˁā mḥaydā, diphtong)
  • ܙܵܘܥܵܢܵܝܵܐ (zāwˁānāyā, kinetic, pertaining to the Zawaa)

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܙ-ܘ-ܥ (z-w-ʿ) related to moving. Compare Hebrew זִיעַ (zîaʿ). The sense of "vowel diacritic" is a calque of Arabic حَرَكَة (ḥaraka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zawʕɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zawʕe], [zawʕɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܙܘܥܐ • (zawˁā) m (plural ܙܘܥܢܐ or ܙܘܥܐ)

  1. shaking, trembling
  2. vibration
  3. moving, motion, movement
  4. earthquake
  5. commotion, agitation
  6. tumult, uprising, sedition, rebellion
  7. terror
  8. impulse
  9. (grammar, orthography) vowel diacritic
    Synonyms: ܦܘܚܡܝܐ, ܢܘܩܙܐ
  10. (modern, politics) movement

Inflection

References

  • zwˁ”, 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 86b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 114a
  • 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 374b
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