From Proto-Canaanite *šiš, from Proto-Northwest Semitic *šiṯṯu, from Proto-Semitic *šidṯum. Compare Phoenician 𐤔𐤔 (šš) and Arabic سِتّ (sitt).
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שֵׁשׁ • (shésh) f (masculine שִׁשָּׁה (shishá))
Borrowed from Egyptian šs (“linen”).
שֵׁשׁ • (shésh) m
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שׂ־י־שׂ (ś-y-ś) |
שָׂשׂ • (sás) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, infinitive לָשִׂישׂ, future יָשִׂישׂ, imperative שִׂישׂ)
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m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
past | first | שַׂשְׂתִּי | שַׂשְׂנוּ | ||
second | שַׂשְׂתָּ | שַׂשְׂתְּ | שַׂשְׂתֶּם | שַׂשְׂתֶּן | |
third | שָׂשׂ | שָׂשָׂה | שָׂשׂוּ | ||
present | שָׂשׂ | שָׂשָׂה | שָׂשִׂים | שָׂשׂוֹת | |
future | first | אָשִׂישׂ | נָשִׂישׂ | ||
second | תָּשִׂישׂ | תָּשִׂישִׂי | תָּשִׂישׂוּ | תָּשֵׂשְׂנָה1 | |
third | יָשִׂישׂ | תָּשִׂישׂ | יָשִׂישׂוּ | תָּשֵׂשְׂנָה1 | |
imperative | שִׂישׂ | שִׂישִׂי | שִׂישׂוּ | שֵׂשְׂנָה1 | |
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