Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܫܘܫܐ
• ܫܫܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɑsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sɑse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܣܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) c ‎(plural ܣܣܐ)

1. moth
2. maggot, grub, larva
3. worm
4. decay, rottenness

Inflection

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɛssɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sɛsse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܣܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܣܣܐ)

1. inch (unit of length)
2. (pathology) kind of sore

Inflection

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sassɑ(ʔ)], [sɛssɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sasse(ʔ)], [sɛsse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܣܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܣܣܐ)

1. (architecture) vault
2. (astronomy) stars of the Milky Way

Inflection

Etymology 4

From Ancient Greek σώσσος ‎(sṓssos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sassɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sasse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܣܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܣܣܐ)

1. period of sixty years

Inflection

References

• “ss”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 225a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 383b, 626b
• 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, p. 1025b