ܫܝܫܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܫܝܫܐ

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *šīša, compare Middle Persian 𐭱𐭩𐭱𐭢 (šīšag). Compare Persian شیشه (šiše) and Arabic شِيشَة (šīša).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃiʃtɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܝܫܬܐ • (šīštā) f (plural ܫܝܫܐ)

1. vase, bottle, flask, flagon (especially one made from glass or alabaster)

Inflection

    declension of ܫܝܫܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܝܫܐ	ܫܝܫܝܢ
construct	ܫܝܫܬ	ܫܝܫܝ
emphatic	ܫܝܫܬܐ	ܫܝܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܝܫܬܝ	ܫܝܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܝܫܬܟ	ܫܝܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܝܫܬܟܝ	ܫܝܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܝܫܬܗ	ܫܝܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܝܫܬܗ	ܫܝܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܝܫܬܢ	ܫܝܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܝܫܬܟܘܢ	ܫܝܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܝܫܬܟܝܢ	ܫܝܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܝܫܬܗܘܢ	ܫܝܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܝܫܬܗܝܢ	ܫܝܫܝܗܝܢ

References

• “šyšh”, 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 367a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 575b
• 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 1555b