Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Compare Arabic صُرْصُور (ṣurṣūr) and Hebrew צִרְצוּר (ṣirṣûr).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sˤarsˤurɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sˤarsˤure(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܨܪܨܘܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܨܪܨܘܪܐ)

  1. grub, cankerworm, locust

Inflection edit

See also edit

References edit

  • ṣrṣwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 485b
  • 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, p. 1304a