ܫܪܫܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܫ ܪ ܫ (š r š) |
| 3 terms |
Inherited from Aramaic שֻׁרְשׁא (šuršā), from Proto-Semitic *šurš-; compare Hebrew שֹׁרֶשׁ (shóresh), Arabic شُرْش (šurš) and Akkadian 𒁼 (šuršum).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʃɪrʃɑː]
Noun
ܫܸܪܫܵܐ • (širšā) m sg (plural ܫܸܪ̈ܫܹܐ (širšē))
- (botany) root
- (by extension) root (i.e. source, basis)
- (by extension, linguistics) root (e.g., a triliteral root) of a Semitic word
- (by extension, mathematics) root (e.g., square root)
- ground, base, foundation
- ball of thread or cotton
- beginning
- principle
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܫܪܸܫ (šriš) | 1st person | ܫܸܪܫܝܼ (širšī) | ܫܸܪܫܲܢ (širšan) | |||
| construct | ܫܪܸܫ (šriš) | 2nd person | ܫܸܪܫܘܼܟ݂ (širšōḵ) | ܫܸܪܫܵܟ݂ܝ (širšāḵ) | ܫܸܪܫܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (širšawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܸܪܫܵܐ (širšā) | 3rd person | ܫܸܪܫܹܗ (širšēh) | ܫܸܪܫܵܗ̇ (širšāh) | ܫܸܪܫܗܘܿܢ (širšhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܫܸܪ̈ܫܝܼܢ (širšīn) | 1st person | ܫܸܪ̈ܫܝܼ (širšī) | ܫܸܪ̈ܫܲܢ (širšan) | |||
| construct | ܫܸܪ̈ܫܲܝ (širšay) | 2nd person | ܫܸܪ̈ܫܘܼܟ݂ (širšōḵ) | ܫܸܪ̈ܫܵܟ݂ܝ (širšāḵ) | ܫܸܪ̈ܫܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (širšawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܸܪ̈ܫܹܐ (širšē) | 3rd person | ܫܸܪ̈ܫܘܼܗܝ (širšūh) | ܫܸܪ̈ܫܘܼܗ̇ (širšōh) | ܫܸܪ̈ܫܲܝܗܘܿܢ (širšayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܡܫܲܪܸܫ (mšarriš, “to take root”)
- ܫܸܪܫܵܝܵܐ (širšāyā, “rooted, indigenous”)
- ܫܸܪܫܵܢܵܝܵܐ (širšānāyā, “radical, cardinal”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šurš-. Forms the root ܫ ܪ ܫ related to taking root.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃɛrʃɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʃɛrʃe] (plural)
Noun
ܫܪܫܐ • (šeršā) m (plural ܫܪܫܐ (šeršē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܫܪܫ | 1st person | ܫܪܫܝ | ܫܪܫܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܪܫ | 2nd person | ܫܪܫܟ | ܫܪܫܟܝ | ܫܪܫܟܘܢ | ܫܪܫܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܫܪܫܐ | 3rd person | ܫܪܫܗ | ܫܪܫܗ | ܫܪܫܗܘܢ | ܫܪܫܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܫܪܫܝܢ | 1st person | ܫܪܫܝ | ܫܪܫܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܪܫܝ | 2nd person | ܫܪܫܝܟ | ܫܪܫܝܟܝ | ܫܪܫܝܟܘܢ | ܫܪܫܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܫܪܫܐ | 3rd person | ܫܪܫܘܗܝ | ܫܪܫܝܗ | ܫܪܫܝܗܘܢ | ܫܪܫܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “šrš”, 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 384
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 599b
- 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 1613a