ܫܘܫܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms
  • שושמא‎, שומשמא‎, ܫܝܫܡܐ‎, ܫܫܡܐ‎

Etymology

Compare Arabic سِمْسِم‎ (simsim) and Hebrew שֻׁמְשֹׁם‎ (šumšōm).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃuʃ(ʃə)mɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃuʃ(ʃə)me(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܫܡܐ • (šūšmāʾ, šuššəmāʾ) m (plural ܫܘܫܡܐ)

  1. sesame plant
  2. (in the plural) sesame seeds

Inflection
    declension of ܫܘܫܡܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܫܘܫܡ ܫܘܫܡܝܢ
construct ܫܘܫܡ ܫܘܫܡܝ
emphatic ܫܘܫܡܐ ܫܘܫܡܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܫܘܫܡܝ ܫܘܫܡܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܫܘܫܡܟ ܫܘܫܡܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܫܘܫܡܟܝ ܫܘܫܡܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܫܘܫܡܗ ܫܘܫܡܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܫܘܫܡܗ ܫܘܫܡܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܫܘܫܡܢ ܫܘܫܡܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܫܘܫܡܟܘܢ ܫܘܫܡܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܫܘܫܡܟܝܢ ܫܘܫܡܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܫܘܫܡܗܘܢ ܫܘܫܡܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܫܘܫܡܗܝܢ ܫܘܫܡܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms
  • ܫܘܫܡ ܕܐܒܐ‎

References
  • “šwšm”, 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, page 384b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 1538b
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