ܫܝܫܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic שִׁישׁתָּא (šīštā), from Middle Iranian *šīša; compare Middle Persian 𐭱𐭩𐭱𐭢 (šīšag), Persian شیشه (šiše) and Arabic شِيشَة (šīša).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʃiːʃtɑː]
Noun
ܫܝܼܫܬܵܐ • (šīštā) f (plural ܫܝܼ̈ܫܹܐ (šīšē))
- jar, bottle, flask, flagon (especially one made from glass or alabaster)
- Synonym: ܙܓ݂ܘܿܓ݂ܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (zḡōḡīṯā)
- hookah
- Synonym: ܐܲܪܓܝܼܠܵܐ (argīlā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܫܝܼܫܵܐ (šīšā) | 1st person | ܫܝܼܫܬܝܼ (šīštī) | ܫܝܼܫܬܲܢ (šīštan) | |||
| construct | ܫܝܼܫܲܬ݂ (šīšaṯ) | 2nd person | ܫܝܼܫܬܘܼܟ݂ (šīštōḵ) | ܫܝܼܫܬܵܟ݂ܝ (šīštāḵ) | ܫܝܼܫܬܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šīštawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܝܼܫܬܵܐ (šīštā) | 3rd person | ܫܝܼܫܬܹܗ (šīštēh) | ܫܝܼܫܬܵܗ̇ (šīštāh) | ܫܝܼܫܬܗܘܿܢ (šīšthōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܫܝܼܫܝܼ̈ܢ (šīšīn) | 1st person | ܫܝܼܫܝܼ̈ (šīšī) | ܫܝܼܫܲܢ̈ (šīšan) | |||
| construct | ܫܝܼܫܲܝ̈ (šīšay) | 2nd person | ܫܝܼܫܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (šīšōḵ) | ܫܝܼܫܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (šīšāḵ) | ܫܝܼܫܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šīšawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܝܼ̈ܫܹܐ (šīšē) | 3rd person | ܫܝܼ̈ܫܘܼܗܝ (šīšūh) | ܫܝܼ̈ܫܘܼܗ̇ (šīšōh) | ܫܝܼܫܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (šīšayhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Iranian *šīša, compare Middle Persian 𐭱𐭩𐭱𐭢 (šīšag). Compare Persian شیشه (šiše) and Arabic شِيشَة (šīša).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃiʃtɑ]
Noun
ܫܝܫܬܐ • (šīštā) f (plural ܫܝܫܐ)
Inflection
| 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, →ISBN, page 1555b