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شص

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Arabic

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شِصّ
 شص on Arabic Wikipedia

Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian شست (šast, thumb; fishhook).

Noun

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شِصّ or شَصّ (šiṣṣ or šaṣṣm (plural شُصُوص (šuṣūṣ))

  1. fishhook, gaff

Declension

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References

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  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 123
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “شص”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 654