ܨܨܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܨܝܨܠܐ (ṣēṣəlāʾ)

Etymology

Compare Arabic صَلْصَل (ṣalṣal) and Hebrew צִלְצֵל (ṣilṣēl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˤɛsˤ(sˤə)lɑ(ʔ)], [sˤesˤ(ə)lɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sˤɛsˤ(sˤə)le(ʔ)], [sˤesˤ(ə)le(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܨܨܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܨܨܠܐ)

1. (music) cymbal, castanet
2. (of birds) chirping, cooing

Inflection

Inflection of ܨܨܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܨܨܠ		1st person	ܨܨܠܝ		ܨܨܠܢ
	construct	ܨܨܠ		2nd person	ܨܨܠܟ	ܨܨܠܟܝ	ܨܨܠܟܘܢ	ܨܨܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܨܨܠܐ		3rd person	ܨܨܠܗ	ܨܨܠܗ	ܨܨܠܗܘܢ	ܨܨܠܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܨܨܠܝܢ		1st person	ܨܨܠܝ		ܨܨܠܝܢ
	construct	ܨܨܠܝ		2nd person	ܨܨܠܝܟ	ܨܨܠܝܟܝ	ܨܨܠܝܟܘܢ	ܨܨܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܨܨܠܐ		3rd person	ܨܨܠܘܗܝ	ܨܨܠܝܗ	ܨܨܠܝܗܘܢ	ܨܨܠܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• Old Armenian: ծնծղայ (cncłay)
  • Armenian: ծնծղա (cncġa)
  • → Georgian: წინწილი (c̣inc̣ili), წინწილა (c̣inc̣ila)
  • Middle Armenian: ձնձղայ (jnjġay), ծնծղեակ (cncġeak)

References

• “ṣṣl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-07-28
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 304b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 483b
• 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. 1300a