ܫܡܫܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܫܡܫܐܪܐ (šemšārā, šamšārā), ܫܡܫܘܪܐ (šemšūrā, šamšūrā), ܫܡܫܛ (šemšaṭ)

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly borrowed from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šmšʾl /⁠šimšār⁠/), if not the other way around. Cognate with Akkadian 𒅆𒈨𒌍𒊭𒇻𒌋 (ši-meš-ša-lu-u /⁠šimeššalû⁠/), 𒋆𒊭𒇻𒌋 (šim-ša-lu-u /⁠šimšalû, šimšallu⁠/, “a tree; potentially boxwood”), which is deemed a loanword.

Noun

ܫܡܫܪܐ • (šemšārā, šamšārā) m (plural ܫܡܫܪܐ (šemšārē, šamšārē))

1. box (Buxus sempervirens)

Inflection

    inflection of ܫܡܫܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܡܫܪ	ܫܡܫܪܝܢ
construct	ܫܡܫܪ	ܫܡܫܪܝ
emphatic	ܫܡܫܪܐ	ܫܡܫܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܡܫܪܝ	ܫܡܫܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܡܫܪܟ	ܫܡܫܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܡܫܪܟܝ	ܫܡܫܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܡܫܪܗ	ܫܡܫܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܡܫܪܗ	ܫܡܫܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܡܫܪܢ	ܫܡܫܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܡܫܪܟܘܢ	ܫܡܫܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܡܫܪܟܝܢ	ܫܡܫܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܡܫܪܗܘܢ	ܫܡܫܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܡܫܪܗܝܢ	ܫܡܫܪܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• →? Middle Persian:

  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (šmšʾl /⁠šimšār⁠/)

  • Persian: شمشاد (šamšâd) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “šmšr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) “ܫܶܡܫܳܪ”, in Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 316–319
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[3] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 63–64
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 54