ܣܣܐ

Akin to Akkadian 𒌨𒈨 (/sāsu/, “moth”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic ססא‎ (sāsā), Hebrew סָס‎ (sās), Arabic ساس‎ (sās), سوس‎ (sūs), سوسة‎ (sūsa(t)).

Compare Old Armenian ցեց (cʿecʿ), Middle Persian sʾs (sās, “bug”), and Persian ساس‎ (sâs), Semitic loanwords.

• ܫܘܫܐ‎
• ܫܫܐ‎

• IPA^(key): [sɑsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sɑse(ʔ)] (plural)

ܣܣܐ • (transliteration needed) c (plural ܣܣܐ)

1. moth
2. maggot, grub, larva
3. worm
4. decay, rottenness

• IPA^(key): [sɛssɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sɛsse(ʔ)] (plural)

ܣܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܣܐ)

1. inch (unit of length)
2. (pathology) kind of sore

• IPA^(key): [sassɑ(ʔ)], [sɛssɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sasse(ʔ)], [sɛsse(ʔ)] (plural)

ܣܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܣܐ)

1. (architecture) vault
2. (astronomy) stars of the Milky Way

From Ancient Greek σώσσος (sṓssos).

• IPA^(key): [sassɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sasse(ʔ)] (plural)

ܣܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܣܐ)

1. period of sixty years

• “ss”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 225a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 383b, 626b
• 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. 1025b