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

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܦܫܦܫ	ܦܫܦܫܝܢ
construct	ܦܫܦܫ	ܦܫܦܫܝ
emphatic	ܦܫܦܫܐ	ܦܫܦܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܦܫܦܫܝ	ܦܫܦܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܦܫܦܫܟ	ܦܫܦܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܦܫܦܫܟܝ	ܦܫܦܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܦܫܦܫܗ	ܦܫܦܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܦܫܦܫܗ	ܦܫܦܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܦܫܦܫܢ	ܦܫܦܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܦܫܦܫܟܘܢ	ܦܫܦܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܦܫܦܫܟܝܢ	ܦܫܦܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܦܫܦܫܗܘܢ	ܦܫܦܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܦܫܦܫܗܝܢ	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

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܦܫܦܫ	ܦܫܦܫܝܢ
construct	ܦܫܦܫ	ܦܫܦܫܝ
emphatic	ܦܫܦܫܐ	ܦܫܦܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܦܫܦܫܝ	ܦܫܦܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܦܫܦܫܟ	ܦܫܦܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܦܫܦܫܟܝ	ܦܫܦܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܦܫܦܫܗ	ܦܫܦܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܦܫܦܫܗ	ܦܫܦܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܦܫܦܫܢ	ܦܫܦܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܦܫܦܫܟܘܢ	ܦܫܦܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܦܫܦܫܟܝܢ	ܦܫܦܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܦܫܦܫܗܘܢ	ܦܫܦܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܦܫܦܫܗܝܢ	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