ܫܘܫܡܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From *ܫܘܡܫܡܢܐ (šumšəmānā). Compare Arabic سُمْسُم (sumsum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃuʃ(ʃə)mɑnɑ], [ʃawʃ(ə)mɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃuʃ(ʃə)mɑne], [ʃawʃ(ə)mɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܫܡܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܫܡܢܐ)

1. ant

   Synonyms: ܫܘܟܒܢܐ, ܢܡܠܐ, ܪܚܫܐ

2. irritation, tingling
3. (pathology) rough skin; kind of eczema

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܘܫܡܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܘܫܡܢ		1st person	ܫܘܫܡܢܝ		ܫܘܫܡܢܢ
	construct	ܫܘܫܡܢ		2nd person	ܫܘܫܡܢܟ	ܫܘܫܡܢܟܝ	ܫܘܫܡܢܟܘܢ	ܫܘܫܡܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܘܫܡܢܐ		3rd person	ܫܘܫܡܢܗ	ܫܘܫܡܢܗ	ܫܘܫܡܢܗܘܢ	ܫܘܫܡܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܘܫܡܢܝܢ		1st person	ܫܘܫܡܢܝ		ܫܘܫܡܢܝܢ
	construct	ܫܘܫܡܢܝ		2nd person	ܫܘܫܡܢܝܟ	ܫܘܫܡܢܝܟܝ	ܫܘܫܡܢܝܟܘܢ	ܫܘܫܡܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܘܫܡܢܐ		3rd person	ܫܘܫܡܢܘܗܝ	ܫܘܫܡܢܝܗ	ܫܘܫܡܢܝܗܘܢ	ܫܘܫܡܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܫܘܫܡܢ ܐܪܝܐ

References

• “šwšmn”, 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 364a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 569b
• 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 1538b