א־ש־ש

Hebrew

Etymology

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The "fire" sense is denominal from אֵשׁ (esh, “fire”), from Proto-Semitic *ʔiš-.

Root

א־שׁ־שׁ • (ʾ-sh-sh)

1. Related to strength, recovery.
2. Related to fire.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־שׁ־שׁ (0 c, 2 e)

Further reading

• “א־שׁ־שׁ” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• “א־שׁ־שׁ”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
• A. Murtonen (1989) “ʾʃ; ʾʃ(ʃ/V)”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 102, 103
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “אשׁשׁ”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 60(?)
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “אֵשׁ”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[2], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 57(?)