שמשׂ
See also: שמש
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hebrew שַׁמָּשׁ (shamásh), with dissimilation.[1]
Noun
[edit]שמשׂ • (shames) m, plural שמשׂים (shamosem)
Derived terms
[edit]- שמשׂטע (shameste)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Adams, Jonathan (2024) A Mirror of the Jewish Religion: A Critical Edition and Translation of Christian Petter Löwe's "Speculum Religionis Judaicæ" (1732) (Religious Minorities in the North), volume 6, De Gruyter, , page 49:
- The merger of śin (שׂ) and šin (שׁ) to give [s]: [Schamasch] שמס; Transliteration as written: šamáš; pronounced šáməs; Hebrew שמש; meaning: beadle. This merger is typically found in the area that today encompasses the Baltic States, Belarus, and parts of Russia and Ukraine. Regarding the word Schamasch, it is not so much Löwe’s transliteration that is of interest, but rather his spelling of the Hebrew word שמש (šamáš) as שמס (šáməs) that reveals the merger of śin (שׂ) and šin (שׁ) to give [s]. In Yiddish, we would expect the spelling שמשׂ (šáməś).