فسفس

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From the reduplicated root ف س ف س (f s f s).

Verb

فَسْفَسَ (fasfasa) Iq (non-past يُفَسْفِسُ (yufasfisu), verbal noun فَسْفَسَة (fasfasa))

  1. to aggravate one's stupidity, to be extremely stupid
Conjugation

Etymology 2

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From Aramaic, cognate to Classical Syriac ܦܷܫܦܫܐ (pešpšā, bug) and Hebrew פִשְׁפֵשׁ (pišpēš, bug).

Noun

فَسْفَس (fasfasm (collective, singulative فَسْفَسة f (fasfasa), plural فَسَافِس (fasāfis))

  1. predatory bugs particularly of the Triatoma gen.
Declension

References

  • pšpš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “فسفس”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 266
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 122
  • Wahrmund, Adolf (1887) “فسفس”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache (in German), volume 2, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 411
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “فسفس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 964