ܨܨܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Old Armenian ցից (cʻicʻ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˤɛsˤsˤɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [sˤɛsˤsˤe] (in the plural)

Noun

ܨܨܐ • (ṣeṣṣā) m (plural ܨܨܐ (ṣeṣṣē))

1. nail, spike
2. wart, whitlow
3. feather

Inflection

    inflection of ܨܨܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܨܨ	ܨܨܝܢ
construct	ܨܨ	ܨܨܝ
emphatic	ܨܨܐ	ܨܨܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܨܨܝ	ܨܨܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܨܨܟ	ܨܨܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܨܨܟܝ	ܨܨܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܨܨܗ	ܨܨܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܨܨܗ	ܨܨܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܨܨܢ	ܨܨܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܨܨܟܘܢ	ܨܨܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܨܨܟܝܢ	ܨܨܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܨܨܗܘܢ	ܨܨܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܨܨܗܝܢ	ܨܨܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܨܨܨ (“to nail”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ܨܨܐ • (ṣeṣā) m (plural ܨܨܐ (ṣeṣē))

1. Alternative spelling of ܨܐܨܐ (ṣāṣā)

References

• “ṣṣ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 304b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 483b
• 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, pages 1299b–1300a