Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From *ܫܘܡܫܡܢܐ (šumšəmānāʾ). Compare Arabic سُمْسُم (sumsum).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃuʃ(ʃə)mɑnɑ(ʔ)], [ʃawʃ(ə)mɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃuʃ(ʃə)mɑne(ʔ)], [ʃawʃ(ə)mɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܫܘܫܡܢܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܫܘܫܡܢܐ)

  1. ant
    Synonyms: ܫܘܟܒܢܐ, ܢܡܠܐ, ܪܚܫܐ
  2. irritation, tingling
  3. (pathology) rough skin; kind of eczema

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References edit

  • šwšmn”, 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. 364a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 569b
  • 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. 1538b