ܨܨܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Arabic صَرْصَر (ṣarṣar) and Hebrew צְרָצַר (ṣərāṣar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [sˤɪsˤraː]

Noun

ܨܸܨܪܵܐ • (ṣiṣrā) m (plural ܨܸܨܪܹ̈ܐ (ṣiṣrē) or ܨܸܨܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ṣiṣrāṯā))

1. cockroach
2. Ellipsis of ܨܸܨܪܵܐ ܨܲܘܵܨܵܐ (ṣiṣrā ṣawwāṣā, “cricket”).

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܨܝܨܪܐ
• ܨܨܘܪܐ

Etymology

Compare Arabic صَرْصَر (ṣarṣar) and Hebrew צְרָצַר (ṣərāṣar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˤesˤrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sˤesˤre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܨܨܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܨܨܪܐ)

1. cricket (insect)

Inflection

    inflection of ܨܨܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܨܨܪ	ܨܨܪܝܢ
construct	ܨܨܪ	ܨܨܪܝ
emphatic	ܨܨܪܐ	ܨܨܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܨܨܪܝ	ܨܨܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܨܨܪܟ	ܨܨܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܨܨܪܟܝ	ܨܨܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܨܨܪܗ	ܨܨܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܨܨܪܗ	ܨܨܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܨܨܪܢ	ܨܨܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܨܨܪܟܘܢ	ܨܨܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܨܨܪܟܝܢ	ܨܨܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܨܨܪܗܘܢ	ܨܨܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܨܨܪܗܝܢ	ܨܨܪܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܨܪܨܘܪܐ

References

• “ṣṣr”, 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, p. 304b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 1300a