ܫܪܫܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
| Root |
|---|
| ܫ ܪ ܫ (š r š) |
| 3 terms |
Etymology
From Aramaic שֻׁרְשׁא (šuršā), from Proto-Semitic *šurš-; compare Hebrew שֹׁרֶשׁ (shóresh), Arabic شُرْش (šurš) and Akkadian 𒁼 (šuršum).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [ʃɪrʃɑː]
Noun
ܫܸܪܫܵܐ • (širšā) m sg (plural ܫܸܪ̈ܫܹܐ (širšē))
- (botany) root
- (by extension) root (i.e. source, basis)
- (by extension, linguistics) root (e.g., a triliteral root) of a Semitic word
- (by extension, mathematics) root (e.g., square root)
- ground, base, foundation
- ball of thread or cotton
- beginning
- principle
Inflection
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܫܸܪܫܝܼ (širšī) |
ܫܸܪܫܲܢ (širšan) | ||
| construct | ܫܪܸܫ (šriš) |
2nd person | ܫܸܪܫܘܼܟ݂ (širšūḵ) |
ܫܸܪܫܵܟ݂ܝ (širšāḵ) |
ܫܸܪܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (širšāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܫܸܪܫܵܐ (širšā) |
3rd person | ܫܸܪܫܹܗ (širšēh) |
ܫܸܪܫܘܿܗ̇ (širšōh) |
ܫܸܪܫܗܘܿܢ (širšhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܫܸܪ̈ܫܝܼ (širšī) |
ܫܸܪ̈ܫܲܢ (širšan) | ||
| construct | ܫܸܪ̈ܫܲܝ (širšay) |
2nd person | ܫܸܪ̈ܫܘܼܟ݂ (širšūḵ) |
ܫܸܪ̈ܫܵܟ݂ܝ (širšāḵ) |
ܫܸܪ̈ܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (širšāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܫܸܪ̈ܫܹܐ (širšē) |
3rd person | ܫܸܪ̈ܫܘܼܗܝ (širšūh) |
ܫܸܪ̈ܫܘܿܗ̇ (širšōh) |
ܫܸܪ̈ܫܗܘܿܢ (širšhōn) | ||
Derived terms
- ܡܫܲܪܸܫ (mšarriš, “to take root”)
- ܫܸܪܫܵܝܵܐ (širšāyā, “rooted, indigenous”)
- ܫܸܪܫܵܢܵܝܵܐ (širšānāyā, “radical, cardinal”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šurš-. Forms the root ܫ-ܪ-ܫ (š-r-š) related to taking root.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃɛrʃɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʃɛrʃe] (plural)
Noun
ܫܪܫܐ • (šeršā) m (plural ܫܪܫܐ (šeršē))
Inflection
inflection of ܫܪܫܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܫܪܫ | ܫܪܫܝܢ |
| construct | ܫܪܫ | ܫܪܫܝ |
| emphatic | ܫܪܫܐ | ܫܪܫܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܫܪܫܝ | ܫܪܫܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܫܪܫܟ | ܫܪܫܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܫܪܫܟܝ | ܫܪܫܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܫܪܫܗ | ܫܪܫܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܫܪܫܗ | ܫܪܫܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܫܪܫܢ | ܫܪܫܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܫܪܫܟܘܢ | ܫܪܫܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܫܪܫܟܝܢ | ܫܪܫܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܫܪܫܗܘܢ | ܫܪܫܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܫܪܫܗܝܢ | ܫܪܫܝܗܝܢ |
References
- “šrš”, 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, page 384
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 599b
- 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 1613a
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