Classical Syriac

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic صَمْصَامَة (ṣamṣāma).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sˤamsˤɑmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sˤamsˤɑme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܨܡܨܡܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܨܡܨܡܐ)

  1. sharp unyielding sword

Inflection

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References

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  • ṣmṣmˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-03
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 481a
  • 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. 1293b