بشوش

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب ش ش (b-š-š)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʃuːʃ/

Adjective

بَشُوش • (bašūš)

1. cheerful, smiling, happy

   Synonyms: ضَاحِك (ḍāḥik), مَازِح (māziḥ)

   وُجُوهٌ بَشُوشَةٌ ― wujūhun bašūšatun ― smiling faces

Declension

Declension of adjective بَشُوش (bašūš)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَشُوش bašūš	الْبَشُوش al-bašūš	بَشُوشَة bašūša	الْبَشُوشَة al-bašūša
Nominative	بَشُوشٌ bašūšun	الْبَشُوشُ al-bašūšu	بَشُوشَةٌ bašūšatun	الْبَشُوشَةُ al-bašūšatu
Accusative	بَشُوشًا bašūšan	الْبَشُوشَ al-bašūša	بَشُوشَةً bašūšatan	الْبَشُوشَةَ al-bašūšata
Genitive	بَشُوشٍ bašūšin	الْبَشُوشِ al-bašūši	بَشُوشَةٍ bašūšatin	الْبَشُوشَةِ al-bašūšati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَشُوشَيْن bašūšayn	الْبَشُوشَيْن al-bašūšayn	بَشُوشَتَيْن bašūšatayn	الْبَشُوشَتَيْن al-bašūšatayn
Nominative	بَشُوشَانِ bašūšāni	الْبَشُوشَانِ al-bašūšāni	بَشُوشَتَانِ bašūšatāni	الْبَشُوشَتَانِ al-bašūšatāni
Accusative	بَشُوشَيْنِ bašūšayni	الْبَشُوشَيْنِ al-bašūšayni	بَشُوشَتَيْنِ bašūšatayni	الْبَشُوشَتَيْنِ al-bašūšatayni
Genitive	بَشُوشَيْنِ bašūšayni	الْبَشُوشَيْنِ al-bašūšayni	بَشُوشَتَيْنِ bašūšatayni	الْبَشُوشَتَيْنِ al-bašūšatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	بَشُوشَات bašūšāt	الْبَشُوشَات al-bašūšāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	بَشُوشَاتٌ bašūšātun	الْبَشُوشَاتُ al-bašūšātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	بَشُوشَاتٍ bašūšātin	الْبَشُوشَاتِ al-bašūšāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	بَشُوشَاتٍ bašūšātin	الْبَشُوشَاتِ al-bašūšāti

Etymology 2

From Classical Syriac ܒܫܘܫܐ (baššūšā, bāšūšā), else ܒܫܫܐ (baššāšā).

Noun

بَشُوش • (bašūš) m

1. (obsolete) wild rue (Peganum harmala)

   Synonyms: حَرْمَل (ḥarmal), إِسْفَنْد (ʔisfand)

Declension

Declension of noun بَشُوش (bašūš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَشُوش bašūš	الْبَشُوش al-bašūš	بَشُوش bašūš
Nominative	بَشُوشٌ bašūšun	الْبَشُوشُ al-bašūšu	بَشُوشُ bašūšu
Accusative	بَشُوشًا bašūšan	الْبَشُوشَ al-bašūša	بَشُوشَ bašūša
Genitive	بَشُوشٍ bašūšin	الْبَشُوشِ al-bašūši	بَشُوشِ bašūši

References

• “بشوش” in Almaany
• مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ] (a. 1050) Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, editors, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] (in Arabic), Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 312 (fol. 29v,3–4), page 494
• Corriente, Federico (2008) “Additions and corrections to A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎^[1], volume 98, page 37
• أبو الخير الإشبيلي Abū al-Ḵayr al-ʾIšbīlīy (a. 1179) Joaquín Bustamante Costa, Federico Corriente, Mohamed Tilmatine, editors, كتاب عمدة الطبيب في معرفة النبات لكل لبيب [Libro base del médico para el conocimiento de la botánica por todo experto] (in Arabic), volume I, Madrid: Editorial CSIC, published 2004, (Index for various occurrences), page 722, where p. 66 Nr. 775 and p. 87 Nr. 972 بُشَاش (bušāš) it is equated with بَابُونَج (bābūnaj), though p. 60 Nr. 618 بُشَاشَا (bušāšā) and بَاشَاشَا (bāšāšā) are put together with بَشُوش (bašūš) and حَرْمَل (ḥarmal).
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بشوش”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 87–88
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[3] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 509
• Maimonides (1940) Max Meyerhof, editor, Sharḥ asmāʾ al-ʿuqqār : L'explication des noms de drogues : Un glossaire de matière médicale de Maïmonide (in French), Cairo: Impr. de l'Institut française d'archéologie orientale, page 79 Nr. 160
• “bšš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–