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

Inflection of ܫܝܫܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܝܫܐ		1st person	ܫܝܫܬܝ		ܫܝܫܬܢ
	construct	ܫܝܫܬ		2nd person	ܫܝܫܬܟ	ܫܝܫܬܟܝ	ܫܝܫܬܟܝܢ	ܫܝܫܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܝܫܬܐ		3rd person	ܫܝܫܬܗ	ܫܝܫܬܗ	ܫܝܫܬܗܘܢ	ܫܝܫܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܝܫܝܢ		1st person	ܫܝܫܝ		ܫܝܫܝܢ
	construct	ܫܝܫܝ		2nd person	ܫܝܫܝܟ	ܫܝܫܝܟܝ	ܫܝܫܝܟܘܢ	ܫܝܫܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܝܫܐ		3rd person	ܫܝܫܘܗܝ	ܫܝܫܝܗ	ܫܝܫܝܗܘܢ	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