ܦܫܦܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Cognate to Hebrew פִּשְׁפֵּשׁ (pišpēš) and, likely from Aramaic, Arabic فَسْفَس (fasfas).

A bed bug

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛʃp(ə)ʃɑ(ʔ)], [paʃpɛʃʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pɛʃp(ə)ʃe(ʔ)], [paʃpɛʃʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܫܦܫܐ • (pešpšā) m (plural ܦܫܦܫܐ)

1. bedbug
2. (dialectal) castor bean

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܫܦܫܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܫܦܫ		1st person	ܦܫܦܫܝ		ܦܫܦܫܢ
	construct	ܦܫܦܫ		2nd person	ܦܫܦܫܟ	ܦܫܦܫܟܝ	ܦܫܦܫܟܘܢ	ܦܫܦܫܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܫܦܫܐ		3rd person	ܦܫܦܫܗ	ܦܫܦܫܗ	ܦܫܦܫܗܘܢ	ܦܫܦܫܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܫܦܫܝܢ		1st person	ܦܫܦܫܝ		ܦܫܦܫܝܢ
	construct	ܦܫܦܫܝ		2nd person	ܦܫܦܫܝܟ	ܦܫܦܫܝܟܝ	ܦܫܦܫܝܟܘܢ	ܦܫܦܫܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܫܦܫܐ		3rd person	ܦܫܦܫܘܗܝ	ܦܫܦܫܝܗ	ܦܫܦܫܝܗܘܢ	ܦܫܦܫܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew פִּשְׁפָּשׁ (pišpāš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paʃp(ə)ʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [paʃp(ə)ʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܫܦܫܐ • (pašpšā) m (plural ܦܫܦܫܐ)

1. wicket (gate)

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܫܦܫܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܫܦܫ		1st person	ܦܫܦܫܝ		ܦܫܦܫܢ
	construct	ܦܫܦܫ		2nd person	ܦܫܦܫܟ	ܦܫܦܫܟܝ	ܦܫܦܫܟܘܢ	ܦܫܦܫܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܫܦܫܐ		3rd person	ܦܫܦܫܗ	ܦܫܦܫܗ	ܦܫܦܫܗܘܢ	ܦܫܦܫܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܫܦܫܝܢ		1st person	ܦܫܦܫܝ		ܦܫܦܫܝܢ
	construct	ܦܫܦܫܝ		2nd person	ܦܫܦܫܝܟ	ܦܫܦܫܝܟܝ	ܦܫܦܫܝܟܘܢ	ܦܫܦܫܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܫܦܫܐ		3rd person	ܦܫܦܫܘܗܝ	ܦܫܦܫܝܗ	ܦܫܦܫܝܗܘܢ	ܦܫܦܫܝܗܝܢ

References

• “pšpš”, 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, page 294b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 468b
• 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, page 1262b