ܡܦܫܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܦ ܫ ܐ (p š ˀ)
1 term

Probably derived from Proto-Semitic but deemed colloquial in literary Aramaic languages and therefore not written down or recorded. Otherwise an old borrowing from Arabic فَسَا (fasā).

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA^(key): [mpaʃʃeː]

Verb

ܡܦܲܫܹܐ • (mpaššē) (present participle ܡܦܲܫܘܿܝܹܐ (mpašōyē), past participle ܦܘܼܫܝܵܐ (pušyā))

(colloquial) to flatulate silently
(transitive, intransitive) to deflate