Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃawʃɑ(ʔ)], [ʃ(ə)wɑʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃawʃe(ʔ)], [ʃ(ə)wɑʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܫܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܫܘܫܐ)

1. disruption, disorder
2. self-restraint, gentleness, patience

Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Akkadian [script needed] ‎(šūšu), Arabic سُوس ‎(sūs), and Hebrew שׁוּשׁ ‎(šûš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃuʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃuʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܫܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܫܘܫܐ)

1. (botany) licorice/liquorice

Inflection

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃuʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃuʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܫܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܫܘܫܐ)

1. Alternative form of ܣܣܐ

Inflection

References

• “$w$”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 569a
• 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. 1537b