ܫܡܫܐ

From Proto-Semitic *śamš-. The sense of "lizard" is a calque of Ancient Greek σαύρᾱ ἡλιακή (saúrā hēliakḗ).

• IPA^(key): [ʃɛmʃɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃɛmʃe] (plural)

ܫܡܫܐ • (šemšā) c (plural ܫܡܫܐ or m‎)

1. (astronomy) sun, star
2. (alchemy) gold
3. kind of lizard

This word is usually masculine.

ܫܡܫܐ • (šemšā) c

1. Sun

From the root ܫ-ܡ-ܫ‎ (š-m-š) related to serving. Compare Arabic شَمَّاس‎ (šammās) and Hebrew שַׁמָּשׁ‎ (šammāš).

• IPA^(key): [ʃammɑʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃammɑʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܫܡܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܡܫܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܡܫܬܐ‎)

1. servant, attendant
2. (Christianity) minister, deacon, (rare) priest

• ܡܫܡܫܢܐ‎

• “šmš”, 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. 373b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 586a
• 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, pp. 1576b-1577a