ܨܨܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܨ ܨ ܪ (ṣ ṣ r)
4 terms

Onomatopoeic; cognate of Arabic صَرْصَر (ṣarṣar) and Hebrew צְרָצַר (tsratsár).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [sˤɪsˤraː]

Noun

ܨܸܨܪܵܐ • (ṣiṣrām (plural ܨܸܨܪܹ̈ܐ (ṣiṣrē) or ܨܸܨܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ṣiṣrāṯā))

  1. cockroach
  2. ellipsis of ܨܸܨܪܵܐ ܨܲܘܵܨܵܐ (ṣiṣrā ṣawwāṣā, cricket)

Inflection

Inflection of ܨܸܨܪܵܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܨܸܨܲܪ (ṣiṣṣar) 1st person ܨܸܨܪܝܼ (ṣiṣrī) ܨܸܨܪܲܢ (ṣiṣran)
construct ܨܸܨܲܪ (ṣiṣṣar) 2nd person ܨܸܨܪܘܼܟ݂ (ṣiṣrōḵ) ܨܸܨܪܵܟ݂ܝ (ṣiṣrāḵ) ܨܸܨܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ṣiṣrawḵōn)
emphatic ܨܸܨܪܵܐ (ṣiṣrā) 3rd person ܨܸܨܪܹܗ (ṣiṣrēh) ܨܸܨܪܵܗ̇ (ṣiṣrāh) ܨܸܨܪܗܘܿܢ (ṣiṣrhōn)
plural absolute ܨܸܨܪ̈ܝܼܢ (ṣiṣrīn) 1st person ܨܸܨܪ̈ܝܼ (ṣiṣrī) ܨܸܨܪ̈ܲܢ (ṣiṣran)
construct ܨܸܨܪ̈ܲܝ (ṣiṣray) 2nd person ܨܸܨܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (ṣiṣrōḵ) ܨܸܨܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (ṣiṣrāḵ) ܨܸܨܪ̈ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ṣiṣrawḵōn)
emphatic ܨܸܨܪܹ̈ܐ (ṣiṣrē) 3rd person ܨܸܨܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (ṣiṣrūh) ܨܸܨܪ̈ܘܼܗ̇ (ṣiṣrōh) ܨܸܨܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (ṣiṣrayhōn)

See also

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܨܝܨܪܐ
  • ܨܨܘܪܐ

Etymology

Compare Arabic صَرْصَر (ṣarṣar) and Hebrew צְרָצַר (ṣərāṣar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sˤesˤrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sˤesˤre] (plural)

Noun

ܨܨܪܐ • (transliteration neededm (plural ܨܨܪܐ)

  1. cricket (insect)

Inflection

Inflection of ܨܨܪܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܨܨܪ 1st person ܨܨܪܝ ܨܨܪܢ
construct ܨܨܪ 2nd person ܨܨܪܟ ܨܨܪܟܝ ܨܨܪܟܘܢ ܨܨܪܟܝܢ
emphatic ܨܨܪܐ 3rd person ܨܨܪܗ ܨܨܪܗ ܨܨܪܗܘܢ ܨܨܪܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܨܨܪܝܢ 1st person ܨܨܪܝ ܨܨܪܝܢ
construct ܨܨܪܝ 2nd person ܨܨܪܝܟ ܨܨܪܝܟܝ ܨܨܪܝܟܘܢ ܨܨܪܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܨܨܪܐ 3rd person ܨܨܪܘܗܝ ܨܨܪܝܗ ܨܨܪܝܗܘܢ ܨܨܪܝܗܝܢ

See also

References

  • ṣṣr”, 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 304b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 483b
  • 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, →ISBN, page 1300a