ܫܘܫܢܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Egyptian

(zšn, “lotus”). Compare Akkadian 𒌑𒅆𒅖𒉡 (/⁠šišnu⁠/), Arabic سَوْسَن (sawsan), Hebrew שׁוֹשָׁן (šôšān), Persian سوسن (susan), Old Armenian շուշան (šušan), Ancient Greek σοῦσον (soûson), and Old Georgian შროშანი (šrošani).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃuʃantɑ(ʔ)], [ʃawʃantɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܘܫܢܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܘܫܢܐ)

1. lily

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܘܫܢܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܘܫܢܐ		1st person	ܫܘܫܢܬܝ		ܫܘܫܢܬܢ
	construct	ܫܘܫܢܬ		2nd person	ܫܘܫܢܬܟ	ܫܘܫܢܬܟܝ	ܫܘܫܢܬܟܝܢ	ܫܘܫܢܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܘܫܢܬܐ		3rd person	ܫܘܫܢܬܗ	ܫܘܫܢܬܗ	ܫܘܫܢܬܗܘܢ	ܫܘܫܢܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܘܫܢܝܢ		1st person	ܫܘܫܢܝ		ܫܘܫܢܝܢ
	construct	ܫܘܫܢܝ		2nd person	ܫܘܫܢܝܟ	ܫܘܫܢܝܟܝ	ܫܘܫܢܝܟܘܢ	ܫܘܫܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܘܫܢܐ		3rd person	ܫܘܫܢܘܗܝ	ܫܘܫܢܝܗ	ܫܘܫܢܝܗܘܢ	ܫܘܫܢܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܫܘܫܢ

References

• “šwšnh”, 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. 364a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 1539a