ܫܡܫܐ

From Aramaic שִׁמְשָׁא (šimšā), from Proto-Semitic *śamš-; compare Arabic شَمْس (šams), Hebrew שֶׁמֶשׁ (shémesh) and Akkadian 𒌓 (šamšum).

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ܫܸܡܫܵܐ • (šimšā) f or m (plural ܫܸܡ̈ܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ (šimšāṯā))

1. (astronomy) sun

   ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ― šimšā ìlāh ― It is sunny (literally, “She/It is the sun”)

   ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܒܸܙܪܵܩܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ― šimšā bizrāqā ìlāh (literally, “The sun is shining”)

   ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܕܢܝܼܚ ܠܵܗ̇ ― šimšā dnīḥ lāh (literally, “The sun has risen”)

2. (alchemy) gold

   Synonym: ܕܲܗܒ݂ܵܐ (dahḇā)

3. sunlight/sunshine

• ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܕܣܲܗܪܵܐ (šimšā dsahrā, “moonlight”)

ܫܸܡܫܵܐ • (šimšā) m

1. Shamash

Derived from ܫܲܡܸܫ (šammiš, “to serve”); compare Arabic شَمَّاس (šammās), Hebrew שַׁמָּשׁ (šammāš).

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ܫܲܡܵܫܵܐ • (šammāšā) m (plural ܫܲܡܵܫܹ̈ܐ (šammāšē), feminine ܫܲܡܵܫܬܵܐ (šammāštā))

1. servant, attendant
2. (Christianity) minister, deacon (ordained minister of an order ranking below that of priest)

ܫܲܡܵܫܵܐ • (šammāšā) ?

1. a surname originating as an occupation

From Proto-Semitic *śamš-. The sense of "lizard" is a calque of Ancient Greek σαύρᾱ ἡλιακή (saúrā hēliakḗ).

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ܫܡܫܐ • (šemšā) c (plural ܫܡܫܐ)

1. (astronomy) sun, star
2. (alchemy) gold
3. kind of lizard

This word is usually masculine.

ܫܡܫܐ • (šemšā) c

1. Sun

From the root ܫ-ܡ-ܫ (š-m-š), related to serving; compare Arabic شَمَّاس (šammās), Hebrew שַׁמָּשׁ (šammāš).

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ܫܡܫܐ • (šammāšā) m (plural ܫܡܫܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܡܫܬܐ)

1. servant, attendant
2. (Christianity) minister, deacon, (rare) priest

• ܡܫܡܫܢܐ (məšamšānā)

• “šmš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-07-24
• “šmš²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-07-24
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 373b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 586a
• 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 1576b-1577a

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