ܨܨܠܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܨ ܠ ܨ ܠ (ṣ l ṣ l)
1 term

Compare Arabic صَلْصَل (ṣalṣal) and Hebrew צִלְצֵל (tsitsél).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [sˤɪsˤsˤəlɑː]

Noun

ܨܸܨܠܵܐ • (ṣiṣlām (plural ܨܸ̈ܨܠܹܐ (ṣiṣlē))

  1. (music) cymbal (a concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like)

Inflection

Inflection of ܨܸܨܠܵܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܨܝܼܨܲܠ (ṣīṣal) 1st person ܨܸܨܠܝܼ (ṣiṣlī) ܨܸܨܠܲܢ (ṣiṣlan)
construct ܨܝܼܨܲܠ (ṣīṣal) 2nd person ܨܸܨܠܘܼܟ݂ (ṣiṣlōḵ) ܨܸܨܠܵܟ݂ܝ (ṣiṣlāḵ) ܨܸܨܠܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ṣiṣlawḵōn)
emphatic ܨܸܨܠܵܐ (ṣiṣlā) 3rd person ܨܸܨܠܹܗ (ṣiṣlēh) ܨܸܨܠܵܗ̇ (ṣiṣlāh) ܨܸܨܠܗܘܿܢ (ṣiṣlhōn)
plural absolute ܨܸܨܠܝܼ̈ܢ (ṣiṣlīn) 1st person ܨܸܨܠܝܼ̈ (ṣiṣlī) ܨܸܨܠܲܢ̈ (ṣiṣlan)
construct ܨܸܨܠܲܝ̈ (ṣiṣlay) 2nd person ܨܸܨܠܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ṣiṣlōḵ) ܨܸܨܠܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ṣiṣlāḵ) ܨܸܨܠܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ṣiṣlawḵōn)
emphatic ܨܸܨܠܹ̈ܐ (ṣiṣlē) 3rd person ܨܸܨܠܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ṣiṣlūh) ܨܸܨܠܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (ṣiṣlōh) ܨܸܨܠܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (ṣiṣlayhōn)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܨܝܨܠܐ (ṣēṣəlā)

Etymology

Compare Arabic صَلْصَل (ṣalṣal) and Hebrew צִלְצֵל (ṣilṣēl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sˤɛsˤ(sˤə)lɑ], [sˤesˤ(ə)lɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sˤɛsˤ(sˤə)le], [sˤesˤ(ə)le] (plural)

Noun

ܨܨܠܐ • (transliteration neededm (plural ܨܨܠܐ)

  1. (music) cymbal, castanet
  2. (of birds) chirping, cooing

Inflection

Inflection of ܨܨܠܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܨܨܠ 1st person ܨܨܠܝ ܨܨܠܢ
construct ܨܨܠ 2nd person ܨܨܠܟ ܨܨܠܟܝ ܨܨܠܟܘܢ ܨܨܠܟܝܢ
emphatic ܨܨܠܐ 3rd person ܨܨܠܗ ܨܨܠܗ ܨܨܠܗܘܢ ܨܨܠܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܨܨܠܝܢ 1st person ܨܨܠܝ ܨܨܠܝܢ
construct ܨܨܠܝ 2nd person ܨܨܠܝܟ ܨܨܠܝܟܝ ܨܨܠܝܟܘܢ ܨܨܠܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܨܨܠܐ 3rd person ܨܨܠܘܗܝ ܨܨܠܝܗ ܨܨܠܝܗܘܢ ܨܨܠܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

  • Old Armenian: ծնծղայ (cncłay)

References

  • ṣṣl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 28 July 2013
  • Costaz, Louis (2002), Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 304b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 483b
  • 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, →ISBN, page 1300a