משמש

Hebrew

Root
מ־שׁ־מ־שׁ (m-sh-m-sh)
1 term

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِشْمِش (mišmiš, “apricots”).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /miʃˈmeʃ/

Noun

מִשְׁמֵשׁ • (mishmésh) m (plural indefinite מִשְׁמְשִׁים)

apricot (a round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside)

Declension

Declension of **מִשְׁמֵשׁ**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
Number:	State:	form	Person:	m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	מִשְׁמֵשׁ	first	מִשְׁמְשִׁי		מִשְׁמְשֵׁנוּ
	definite	הַמִּשְׁמֵשׁ	second	מִשְׁמֶשְׁךָ	מִשְׁמְשֵׁךְ	מִשְׁמֶשְׁכֶם	מִשְׁמֶשְׁכֶן
	construct	מִשְׁמֵשׁ־	third	מִשְׁמְשׁוֹ	מִשְׁמְשָׁהּ	מִשְׁמְשָׁם	מִשְׁמְשָׁן
plural	indefinite	מִשְׁמְשִׁים	first	משמשיי / מִשְׁמְשַׁי		מִשְׁמְשֵׁינוּ
	definite	הַמִּשְׁמְשִׁים	second	מִשְׁמְשֶׁיךָ	משמשייך / מִשְׁמְשַׁיִךְ	מִשְׁמְשֵׁיכֶם	מִשְׁמְשֵׁיכֶן
	construct	מִשְׁמְשֵׁי־	third	מִשְׁמְשָׁיו	מִשְׁמְשֶׁיהָ	מִשְׁמְשֵׁיהֶם	מִשְׁמְשֵׁיהֶן

References

“משמש” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
"משמש" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language