إوز

Arabic

إِوَزّ

Alternative forms

وَزّ‎ (wazz), أَوِز‎ (ʔawiz)

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic אֲוׇוזָּא‎ (ʾăwazzā), from Akkadian 𒊻𒄷 (ūsum, “duck”), related to Sumerian 𒊻𒄷 (uz, “wild duck, waterfowl”) with uncertain mutual borrowing direction, likely all onomatopoeic in origin; cognates with Hebrew אֲוָז‎ (ʾăwāz) and Classical Syriac ܘܰܙܳܐ‎ (wazzā), Ugaritic 𐎜𐎇 (ủz).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔi.wazz/

Noun

إِوَزّ • (ʔiwazz) f (collective, singulative إِوَزّة‎ f (ʔiwazza))

goose

Declension

Declension of noun إِوَزّ (ʔiwazz)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِوَزّ ʔiwazz	الْإِوَزّ‎ al-ʔiwazz	إِوَزّ ʔiwazz
Nominative	إِوَزٌّ ʔiwazzun	الْإِوَزُّ‎ al-ʔiwazzu	إِوَزُّ ʔiwazzu
Accusative	إِوَزًّا‎ ʔiwazzan	الْإِوَزَّ‎ al-ʔiwazza	إِوَزَّ ʔiwazza
Genitive	إِوَزٍّ ʔiwazzin	الْإِوَزِّ‎ al-ʔiwazzi	إِوَزِّ ʔiwazzi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِوَزّة‎ ʔiwazza	الْإِوَزّة‎ al-ʔiwazza	إِوَزّة‎ ʔiwazzat
Nominative	إِوَزّةٌ‎ ʔiwazzatun	الْإِوَزّةُ‎ al-ʔiwazzatu	إِوَزّةُ‎ ʔiwazzatu
Accusative	إِوَزّةً‎ ʔiwazzatan	الْإِوَزّةَ‎ al-ʔiwazzata	إِوَزّةَ‎ ʔiwazzata
Genitive	إِوَزّةٍ‎ ʔiwazzatin	الْإِوَزّةِ‎ al-ʔiwazzati	إِوَزّةِ‎ ʔiwazzati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِوَزّتَيْن‎ ʔiwazzatayn	الْإِوَزّتَيْن‎ al-ʔiwazzatayn	إِوَزّتَيْ‎ ʔiwazzatay
Nominative	إِوَزّتَانِ‎ ʔiwazzatāni	الْإِوَزّتَانِ‎ al-ʔiwazzatāni	إِوَزّتَا‎ ʔiwazzatā
Accusative	إِوَزّتَيْنِ‎ ʔiwazzatayni	الْإِوَزّتَيْنِ‎ al-ʔiwazzatayni	إِوَزّتَيْ‎ ʔiwazzatay
Genitive	إِوَزّتَيْنِ‎ ʔiwazzatayni	الْإِوَزّتَيْنِ‎ al-ʔiwazzatayni	إِوَزّتَيْ‎ ʔiwazzatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِوَزَّات‎ ʔiwazzāt	الْإِوَزَّات‎ al-ʔiwazzāt	إِوَزَّات‎ ʔiwazzāt
Nominative	إِوَزَّاتٌ‎ ʔiwazzātun	الْإِوَزَّاتُ‎ al-ʔiwazzātu	إِوَزَّاتُ‎ ʔiwazzātu
Accusative	إِوَزَّاتٍ‎ ʔiwazzātin	الْإِوَزَّاتِ‎ al-ʔiwazzāti	إِوَزَّاتِ‎ ʔiwazzāti
Genitive	إِوَزَّاتٍ‎ ʔiwazzātin	الْإِوَزَّاتِ‎ al-ʔiwazzāti	إِوَزَّاتِ‎ ʔiwazzāti

Descendants

Maltese: wiżż

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 117
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎ (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 10

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