ܣܣܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *sūs- (“moth; insect especially one that bites or chews up materials”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *suʔw- (“a kind of insect”); cognates with Akkadian 𒌨𒈨 (sāsum, “moth”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic סָסָא (sāsā), Hebrew סָס (sās), Arabic سَاس (sās), سُوس (sūs), سُوسَة (sūsa), Amharic ፃፄ (ṣ́aṣ́e). Compare Old Armenian ցեց (cʻecʻ), Middle Persian sʾs (sās, “bug”), Persian ساس (sâs), and Ancient Greek σής (sḗs), Semitic loanwords.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Atlas moth

Noun

ܣܣܐ • (sāsā) c (plural ܣܣܐ (sāsē))

  1. moth
    • Peshitta, Matthew 6:19:
      ܠܐ ܬܣܝܡܘܢ ܠܟܘܢ ܣܝܡܬܐ ܒܐܪܥܐ: ܐܬܪ ܕܣܣܐ ܘܐܟܠܐ ܡܚܒܠܝܢ
      lā ṯəsīmūn ləḵōn sīmāṯā ḇə-ʾarʿā, ʾăṯar də-sāsā wə-ʾāḵlā məḥabbəlīn
      Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt
  2. maggot, grub, larva
  3. worm
  4. decay, rottenness
Inflection
Inflection of ܣܣܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܣܣ 1st person ܣܣܝ ܣܣܢ
construct ܣܣ 2nd person ܣܣܟ ܣܣܟܝ ܣܣܟܘܢ ܣܣܟܝܢ
emphatic ܣܣܐ 3rd person ܣܣܗ ܣܣܗ ܣܣܗܘܢ ܣܣܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܣܣܝܢ 1st person ܣܣܝ ܣܣܝܢ
construct ܣܣܝ 2nd person ܣܣܝܟ ܣܣܝܟܝ ܣܣܝܟܘܢ ܣܣܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܣܣܐ 3rd person ܣܣܘܗܝ ܣܣܝܗ ܣܣܝܗܘܢ ܣܣܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ܣܣܐ • (sessā) m (plural ܣܣܐ (sessē))

  1. inch (unit of length)
  2. (pathology) kind of sore: wart; blister, vesicle
Inflection
Inflection of ܣܣܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܣܣ 1st person ܣܣܝ ܣܣܢ
construct ܣܣ 2nd person ܣܣܟ ܣܣܟܝ ܣܣܟܘܢ ܣܣܟܝܢ
emphatic ܣܣܐ 3rd person ܣܣܗ ܣܣܗ ܣܣܗܘܢ ܣܣܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܣܣܝܢ 1st person ܣܣܝ ܣܣܝܢ
construct ܣܣܝ 2nd person ܣܣܝܟ ܣܣܝܟܝ ܣܣܝܟܘܢ ܣܣܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܣܣܐ 3rd person ܣܣܘܗܝ ܣܣܝܗ ܣܣܝܗܘܢ ܣܣܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): ,
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): ,
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): ,

Noun

ܣܣܐ • (sassā, sessā) m (plural ܣܣܐ (sassē, sessē))

  1. (architecture) vault
  2. (astronomy) stars of the Milky Way
Inflection
Inflection of ܣܣܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܣܣ 1st person ܣܣܝ ܣܣܢ
construct ܣܣ 2nd person ܣܣܟ ܣܣܟܝ ܣܣܟܘܢ ܣܣܟܝܢ
emphatic ܣܣܐ 3rd person ܣܣܗ ܣܣܗ ܣܣܗܘܢ ܣܣܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܣܣܝܢ 1st person ܣܣܝ ܣܣܝܢ
construct ܣܣܝ 2nd person ܣܣܝܟ ܣܣܝܟܝ ܣܣܝܟܘܢ ܣܣܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܣܣܐ 3rd person ܣܣܘܗܝ ܣܣܝܗ ܣܣܝܗܘܢ ܣܣܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 4

From Ancient Greek σῶσσος (sôssos), from Akkadian 𒋗𒅆 (šuši /⁠šūš⁠/, “a unit of sixty”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܣܣܐ • (sassā) m (plural ܣܣܐ (sassē) or ܣܘܣܘ (sōsō))

  1. sossos, period of 60 years
Inflection
Inflection of ܣܣܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܣܣ 1st person ܣܣܝ ܣܣܢ
construct ܣܣ 2nd person ܣܣܟ ܣܣܟܝ ܣܣܟܘܢ ܣܣܟܝܢ
emphatic ܣܣܐ 3rd person ܣܣܗ ܣܣܗ ܣܣܗܘܢ ܣܣܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܣܣܝܢ 1st person ܣܣܝ ܣܣܝܢ
construct ܣܣܝ 2nd person ܣܣܝܟ ܣܣܝܟܝ ܣܣܝܟܘܢ ܣܣܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܣܘܣܘ ,ܣܣܐ 3rd person ܣܣܘܗܝ ܣܣܝܗ ܣܣܝܗܘܢ ܣܣܝܗܝܢ
See also

References

  • “ss”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-12-01
  • “ss2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2020-04-10
  • “swsw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2020-04-10
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 225a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 383b, 626b
  • Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 236b-237a
  • 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, pages 985b, 1025b
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