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 إِوَزَّة f (ʔiwazza))

1. goose

Declension

Declension of noun إِوَزّ (ʔiwazz)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	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)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِوَزَّة ʔiwazza	الْإِوَزَّة al-ʔiwazza	إِوَزَّة ʔiwazzat
Nominative	إِوَزَّةٌ ʔiwazzatun	الْإِوَزَّةُ al-ʔiwazzatu	إِوَزَّةُ ʔiwazzatu
Accusative	إِوَزَّةً ʔiwazzatan	الْإِوَزَّةَ al-ʔiwazzata	إِوَزَّةَ ʔiwazzata
Genitive	إِوَزَّةٍ ʔiwazzatin	الْإِوَزَّةِ al-ʔiwazzati	إِوَزَّةِ ʔiwazzati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِوَزَّتَيْن ʔiwazzatayn	الْإِوَزَّتَيْن al-ʔiwazzatayn	إِوَزَّتَيْ ʔiwazzatay
Nominative	إِوَزَّتَانِ ʔiwazzatāni	الْإِوَزَّتَانِ al-ʔiwazzatāni	إِوَزَّتَا ʔiwazzatā
Accusative	إِوَزَّتَيْنِ ʔiwazzatayni	الْإِوَزَّتَيْنِ al-ʔiwazzatayni	إِوَزَّتَيْ ʔiwazzatay
Genitive	إِوَزَّتَيْنِ ʔiwazzatayni	الْإِوَزَّتَيْنِ al-ʔiwazzatayni	إِوَزَّتَيْ ʔiwazzatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	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^[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 10