ܡܫܡܫܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܫ-ܡ-ܫ (š-m-š) related to serving.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ʃam(mə)ʃɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ʃam(mə)ʃɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܫܡܫܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܫܡܫܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܫܡܫܢܝܬܐ)

1. servant, attendant, minister
2. (law) law clerk
3. (Christianity) deacon

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܫܡܫܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܫܡܫܢ		1st person	ܡܫܡܫܢܝ		ܡܫܡܫܢܢ
	construct	ܡܫܡܫܢ		2nd person	ܡܫܡܫܢܟ	ܡܫܡܫܢܟܝ	ܡܫܡܫܢܟܘܢ	ܡܫܡܫܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܫܡܫܢܐ		3rd person	ܡܫܡܫܢܗ	ܡܫܡܫܢܗ	ܡܫܡܫܢܗܘܢ	ܡܫܡܫܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܫܡܫܢܝܢ		1st person	ܡܫܡܫܢܝ		ܡܫܡܫܢܝܢ
	construct	ܡܫܡܫܢܝ		2nd person	ܡܫܡܫܢܝܟ	ܡܫܡܫܢܝܟܝ	ܡܫܡܫܢܝܟܘܢ	ܡܫܡܫܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܫܡܫܢܐ		3rd person	ܡܫܡܫܢܘܗܝ	ܡܫܡܫܢܝܗ	ܡܫܡܫܢܝܗܘܢ	ܡܫܡܫܢܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܫܡܫܐ

References

• “mšmšn”, 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, p. 373b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 308a
• 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, p. 851a