ܨܘܨܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Hebrew צִיצִית (ṣīṣīṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˤusˤiθɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [sˤusˤjɑθɑ] (in the plural)

Noun

ܨܘܨܝܬܐ • (ṣūṣīṯā) f (plural ܨܘܨܝܬܐ (ṣūṣyāṯā))

1. lock (of hair), curl, braid
2. forelock, bangs, fringe
3. thread
4. (botany) radicle, tendril, fibrous root
5. (figuratively) spark, flame

Usage notes

This word is usually found in the plural.

Inflection

Inflection of ܨܘܨܝܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܨܘܨܝ		1st person	ܨܘܨܝܬܝ		ܨܘܨܝܬܢ
	construct	ܨܘܨܝܬ		2nd person	ܨܘܨܝܬܟ	ܨܘܨܝܬܟܝ	ܨܘܨܝܬܟܘܢ	ܨܘܨܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܨܘܨܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܨܘܨܝܬܗ	ܨܘܨܝܬܗ	ܨܘܨܝܬܗܘܢ	ܨܘܨܝܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܨܘܨܝܢ		1st person	ܨܘܨܝܬܝ		ܨܘܨܝܬܢ
	construct	ܨܘܨܝܬ		2nd person	ܨܘܨܝܬܟ	ܨܘܨܝܬܟܝ	ܨܘܨܝܬܟܘܢ	ܨܘܨܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܨܘܨܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܨܘܨܝܬܗ	ܨܘܨܝܬܗ	ܨܘܨܝܬܗܘܢ	ܨܘܨܝܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ṣwṣy²”, 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 300a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 476a
• 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 1280b