Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Compare Hebrew צִיצִית (ṣīṣīṯ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sˤusˤiθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sˤusˤjɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܨܘܨܝܬܐ (ṣūṣīṯāf (plural ܨܘܨܝܬܐ (ṣūṣyāṯā))

  1. lock (of hair), curl, braid
  2. forelock, bangs, fringe
  3. thread
  4. (botany) radicle, tendril, fibrous root
  5. (figuratively) spark, flame

Usage notes edit

This word is usually found in the plural.

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ṣwṣy2”, 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 300a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 476a
  • 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, page 1280b