Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

 
ܡܫܡܫܬܐ

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic مِشْمِشَة (mišmiša), singulative of مِشْمِش (mišmiš), a possibly distant relation to Akkadian 𒌑𒂊𒈦𒈦 (masmas).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [mɪʃ.mɪʃ.tɑː]

Noun edit

ܡܸܫܡܸܫܬܵܐ (mišmištāf sg (plural ܡܸܫܡܸܫܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ (mišmišyātē))

  1. apricot (juicy soft fruit of an orange-yellow colour)
    ܟܠ ܩܲܝܛܵܐ ܒܫܲܒ݂ܪܘܼܬܵܐ، ܚܨܝܼܕ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܠܲܢ ܡܸܫܡܸܫܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܝܼܠܵܢܲܢ.
    kul qayṭā b-šaḇrūtā, ḥṣīd wā lan mišmišyātē min īlānan.
    Every summer growing up we used to apricots from our tree.

Inflection edit