ܫܡܫܪܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain; possibly borrowed from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šmšʾl /šimšār/), if not the other way around. Cognate with Akkadian 𒅆𒈨𒌍𒊭𒇻𒌋 (ši-meš-ša-lu-u /šimeššalû/), 𒋆𒊭𒇻𒌋 (šim-ša-lu-u /šimšalû, šimšallu/, “a tree; potentially boxwood”), which is deemed a loanword.
Noun
[edit]ܫܡܫܪܐ • (šemšārā, šamšārā) m (plural ܫܡܫܪܐ (šemšārē, šamšārē))
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܫܡܫܪ | 1st person | ܫܡܫܪܝ | ܫܡܫܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܡܫܪ | 2nd person | ܫܡܫܪܟ | ܫܡܫܪܟܝ | ܫܡܫܪܟܘܢ | ܫܡܫܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܫܡܫܪܐ | 3rd person | ܫܡܫܪܗ | ܫܡܫܪܗ | ܫܡܫܪܗܘܢ | ܫܡܫܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܫܡܫܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܫܡܫܪܝ | ܫܡܫܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܡܫܪܝ | 2nd person | ܫܡܫܪܝܟ | ܫܡܫܪܝܟܝ | ܫܡܫܪܝܟܘܢ | ܫܡܫܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܫܡܫܪܐ | 3rd person | ܫܡܫܪܘܗܝ | ܫܡܫܪܝܗ | ܫܡܫܪܝܗܘܢ | ܫܡܫܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
Descendants
[edit]- →? Middle Persian:
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (šmšʾl /šimšār/)
- Persian: شمشاد (šamšâd) (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
[edit]- “šmšr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) “ܫܶܡܫܳܪ”, in Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[2] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 316–319
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[3] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 63–64
- Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 54