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

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Anagrams

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

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