ܙܘܥܐ

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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