شوش

See also: سوس and شوس

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Aramaic, in Classical Syriac ܫܘܫ (šawweš), and also with that consonantism in Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Classical Mandaic, for older Aramaic שׁבשׁ (šbš) in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Christian Palestinian Aramaic, Classical Mandaic, Biblical Aramaic.

Verb

شَوَّشَ • (šawwaša) II (non-past يُشَوِّشُ (yušawwišu), verbal noun تَشْوِيش (tašwīš))

1. (transitive) to muddle, confuse, jumble

Conjugation

Conjugation of شَوَّشَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَشْوِيش)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَشْوِيش tašwīš
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُشَوِّش mušawwiš
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُشَوَّش mušawwaš
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	شَوَّشْتُ šawwaštu	شَوَّشْتَ šawwašta	شَوَّشَ šawwaša		شَوَّشْتُمَا šawwaštumā	شَوَّشَا šawwašā		شَوَّشْنَا šawwašnā	شَوَّشْتُمْ šawwaštum	شَوَّشُوا šawwašū
	f		شَوَّشْتِ šawwašti	شَوَّشَتْ šawwašat			شَوَّشَتَا šawwašatā			شَوَّشْتُنَّ šawwaštunna	شَوَّشْنَ šawwašna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُشَوِّشُ ʔušawwišu	تُشَوِّشُ tušawwišu	يُشَوِّشُ yušawwišu		تُشَوِّشَانِ tušawwišāni	يُشَوِّشَانِ yušawwišāni		نُشَوِّشُ nušawwišu	تُشَوِّشُونَ tušawwišūna	يُشَوِّشُونَ yušawwišūna
	f		تُشَوِّشِينَ tušawwišīna	تُشَوِّشُ tušawwišu			تُشَوِّشَانِ tušawwišāni			تُشَوِّشْنَ tušawwišna	يُشَوِّشْنَ yušawwišna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُشَوِّشَ ʔušawwiša	تُشَوِّشَ tušawwiša	يُشَوِّشَ yušawwiša		تُشَوِّشَا tušawwišā	يُشَوِّشَا yušawwišā		نُشَوِّشَ nušawwiša	تُشَوِّشُوا tušawwišū	يُشَوِّشُوا yušawwišū
	f		تُشَوِّشِي tušawwišī	تُشَوِّشَ tušawwiša			تُشَوِّشَا tušawwišā			تُشَوِّشْنَ tušawwišna	يُشَوِّشْنَ yušawwišna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُشَوِّشْ ʔušawwiš	تُشَوِّشْ tušawwiš	يُشَوِّشْ yušawwiš		تُشَوِّشَا tušawwišā	يُشَوِّشَا yušawwišā		نُشَوِّشْ nušawwiš	تُشَوِّشُوا tušawwišū	يُشَوِّشُوا yušawwišū
	f		تُشَوِّشِي tušawwišī	تُشَوِّشْ tušawwiš			تُشَوِّشَا tušawwišā			تُشَوِّشْنَ tušawwišna	يُشَوِّشْنَ yušawwišna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		شَوِّشْ šawwiš			شَوِّشَا šawwišā				شَوِّشُوا šawwišū
	f		شَوِّشِي šawwišī							شَوِّشْنَ šawwišna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	شُوِّشْتُ šuwwištu	شُوِّشْتَ šuwwišta	شُوِّشَ šuwwiša		شُوِّشْتُمَا šuwwištumā	شُوِّشَا šuwwišā		شُوِّشْنَا šuwwišnā	شُوِّشْتُمْ šuwwištum	شُوِّشُوا šuwwišū
	f		شُوِّشْتِ šuwwišti	شُوِّشَتْ šuwwišat			شُوِّشَتَا šuwwišatā			شُوِّشْتُنَّ šuwwištunna	شُوِّشْنَ šuwwišna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُشَوَّشُ ʔušawwašu	تُشَوَّشُ tušawwašu	يُشَوَّشُ yušawwašu		تُشَوَّشَانِ tušawwašāni	يُشَوَّشَانِ yušawwašāni		نُشَوَّشُ nušawwašu	تُشَوَّشُونَ tušawwašūna	يُشَوَّشُونَ yušawwašūna
	f		تُشَوَّشِينَ tušawwašīna	تُشَوَّشُ tušawwašu			تُشَوَّشَانِ tušawwašāni			تُشَوَّشْنَ tušawwašna	يُشَوَّشْنَ yušawwašna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُشَوَّشَ ʔušawwaša	تُشَوَّشَ tušawwaša	يُشَوَّشَ yušawwaša		تُشَوَّشَا tušawwašā	يُشَوَّشَا yušawwašā		نُشَوَّشَ nušawwaša	تُشَوَّشُوا tušawwašū	يُشَوَّشُوا yušawwašū
	f		تُشَوَّشِي tušawwašī	تُشَوَّشَ tušawwaša			تُشَوَّشَا tušawwašā			تُشَوَّشْنَ tušawwašna	يُشَوَّشْنَ yušawwašna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُشَوَّشْ ʔušawwaš	تُشَوَّشْ tušawwaš	يُشَوَّشْ yušawwaš		تُشَوَّشَا tušawwašā	يُشَوَّشَا yušawwašā		نُشَوَّشْ nušawwaš	تُشَوَّشُوا tušawwašū	يُشَوَّشُوا yušawwašū
	f		تُشَوَّشِي tušawwašī	تُشَوَّشْ tušawwaš			تُشَوَّشَا tušawwašā			تُشَوَّشْنَ tušawwašna	يُشَوَّشْنَ yušawwašna

Etymology 2

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Noun

شُوش • (šūš) m

1. (Sudan) Erythrina abyssinica
   • 1850, محمد بن عمر التونسي [Muḥammad Ibn-ʿUmar at-Tūnisī ], edited by Humphrey Davies, تشحيذ الأذهان بسيرة بلاد العرب والسودان [In Darfur. An Account of the Sultanate and Its People] (Library of Arabic Literature; 15), volume II, New York: NYU Press, published 2018, →ISBN, 3.1.101, page 88:

     ويضعن على رؤوسهنّ تمائم من حبّ نبات يسمّى الشوش وهو حبّ صغير أحمر كالجُلَّنار وفي جانب كلّ حبّة منه نكتة سوداء وهذا الحبّ رؤيته مفرحة جدًّا وودع وفول وهذا الفول عندهم ذو ألوان منه ما هو أحمر ناصع الحمرة ومنه ما هو تِبْنيّ اللون ومنه ما هو أسود ومنه عسليّ فيثقبن الشوش والودع والفول وينظمن الشوش وحده تمائم لكن يجعلن في أسفل كلّ تميمة إمّا جلجلًا أو ودعة ويجعلنها عناقيد هكذا لكن يفصلن بين كلّ تعريجة بخرز أزرق.

     On their heads, the women place amulets made from the seeds of a plant called šūš—the seeds are small and red, like those of the pomegranate flower; each has a black spot on its side and they are very pleasing to the eye—as well as amulets made of shells and of beans. In their country, these beans are colored, some being bright red, some straw-colored, some black, some honey-colored. They bore a hole in the šūš, the shells, or the beans. They also make the šūš into amulets on their own, though they attach to the bottom of each amulet either a little bell or a shell, and make them into clusters, like this: However, they separate each pedicel from the next with a blue bead.

Declension

Declension of noun شُوش (šūš)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شُوش šūš	الشُّوش aš-šūš	شُوش šūš
nominative	شُوشٌ šūšun	الشُّوشُ aš-šūšu	شُوشُ šūšu
accusative	شُوشًا šūšan	الشُّوشَ aš-šūša	شُوشَ šūša
genitive	شُوشٍ šūšin	الشُّوشِ aš-šūši	شُوشِ šūši

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 250
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1875) Mandäische Grammatik‎^[1] (in German), Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, →DOI, page 49 Anm. 3
• “šwš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “šbš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “شوش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Alternative forms

• سوس (sus) (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩 (sūš), from Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (çūšā), from Elamite 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗 (šušen).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃuːʃ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃuːʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃuːʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃuːʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃuʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃuːʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃuʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	šūš
Dari reading?	šūš
Iranian reading?	šuš
Tajik reading?	šuš

Proper noun

شوش • (šuš)

1. Shush (a city in Khuzestan Province, Iran, site of ancient Susa)

Descendants

• → English: Shush