ܨܨܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Arabic صَرْصَر (ṣarṣar) and Hebrew צְרָצַר (ṣərāṣar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [sˤɪsˤraː]

Noun

ܨܸܨܪܵܐ • (ṣiṣrā) m (plural ܨܸܨܪܹ̈ܐ (ṣiṣrē) or ܨܸܨܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ṣiṣrāṯā))

1. cockroach
2. Ellipsis of ܨܸܨܪܵܐ ܨܲܘܵܨܵܐ (ṣiṣrā ṣawwāṣā, “cricket”).

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܨܝܨܪܐ
• ܨܨܘܪܐ

Etymology

Compare Arabic صَرْصَر (ṣarṣar) and Hebrew צְרָצַר (ṣərāṣar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˤesˤrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sˤesˤre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܨܨܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܨܨܪܐ)

1. cricket (insect)

Inflection

Inflection of ܨܨܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܨܨܪ		1st person	ܨܨܪܝ		ܨܨܪܢ
	construct	ܨܨܪ		2nd person	ܨܨܪܟ	ܨܨܪܟܝ	ܨܨܪܟܘܢ	ܨܨܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܨܨܪܐ		3rd person	ܨܨܪܗ	ܨܨܪܗ	ܨܨܪܗܘܢ	ܨܨܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܨܨܪܝܢ		1st person	ܨܨܪܝ		ܨܨܪܝܢ
	construct	ܨܨܪܝ		2nd person	ܨܨܪܝܟ	ܨܨܪܝܟܝ	ܨܨܪܝܟܘܢ	ܨܨܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܨܨܪܐ		3rd person	ܨܨܪܘܗܝ	ܨܨܪܝܗ	ܨܨܪܝܗܘܢ	ܨܨܪܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܨܪܨܘܪܐ

References

• “ṣṣr”, 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. 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