ܫܡܫܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܫܡܫܐܪܐ (šemšārā, šamšārā), ܫܡܫܘܪܐ (šemšūrā, šamšūrā), ܫܡܫܛ (šemšaṭ)

Etymology

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

ܫܡܫܪܐ • (šemšārā, šamšārā) m (plural ܫܡܫܪܐ (šemšārē, šamšārē))

  1. box (Buxus sempervirens)

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܡܫܪܐ
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

  • →? Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (šmšʾl /⁠šimšār⁠/)
    • Persian: شمشاد (šamšâd) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • “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, →DOI, pages 63–64
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 54
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