مشمش
See also: مشمس
Arabic
Etymology
- From the root م ش ش (m-š-š), meaning “to clean off or clean out”, “to suck out marrow”, “to milk or extract”, “to be a purgative or to cause diarrhea”, “to macerate or break down”, “to rotten or spoil”. This stems either from the purgative nature of the fruits in the prune family, or the idiomatically short season that apricots are found ripe. See also م ش ي (m-š-y) for the related concept of "being swift or ephemeral", "to be fleeting", "being around for only a short while".
- Possibly a distant relation to Akkadian 𒌑𒂊𒈦𒈦 (masmas, “an unidentified plant”), a word connected to another unidentified plant 𒌑𒈦𒄭𒄊 (kulbānu) potentially the etymology for مِشْمِشْ كُلَيْبِيّ (mišmiš kulaybiyy, “apricot with a bitter kernel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
مِشْمِش • (mišmiš) m (collective, singulative مِشْمِشَة f (mišmiša))
Declension
Declension of noun مِشْمِش (mišmiš)
Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مِشْمِش mišmiš |
الْمِشْمِش al-mišmiš |
مِشْمِش mišmiš |
Nominative | مِشْمِشٌ mišmišun |
الْمِشْمِشُ al-mišmišu |
مِشْمِشُ mišmišu |
Accusative | مِشْمِشًا mišmišan |
الْمِشْمِشَ al-mišmiša |
مِشْمِشَ mišmiša |
Genitive | مِشْمِشٍ mišmišin |
الْمِشْمِشِ al-mišmiši |
مِشْمِشِ mišmiši |
Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مِشْمِشَة mišmiša |
الْمِشْمِشَة al-mišmiša |
مِشْمِشَة mišmišat |
Nominative | مِشْمِشَةٌ mišmišatun |
الْمِشْمِشَةُ al-mišmišatu |
مِشْمِشَةُ mišmišatu |
Accusative | مِشْمِشَةً mišmišatan |
الْمِشْمِشَةَ al-mišmišata |
مِشْمِشَةَ mišmišata |
Genitive | مِشْمِشَةٍ mišmišatin |
الْمِشْمِشَةِ al-mišmišati |
مِشْمِشَةِ mišmišati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | مِشْمِشَتَيْن mišmišatayn |
الْمِشْمِشَتَيْن al-mišmišatayn |
مِشْمِشَتَيْ mišmišatay |
Nominative | مِشْمِشَتَانِ mišmišatāni |
الْمِشْمِشَتَانِ al-mišmišatāni |
مِشْمِشَتَا mišmišatā |
Accusative | مِشْمِشَتَيْنِ mišmišatayni |
الْمِشْمِشَتَيْنِ al-mišmišatayni |
مِشْمِشَتَيْ mišmišatay |
Genitive | مِشْمِشَتَيْنِ mišmišatayni |
الْمِشْمِشَتَيْنِ al-mišmišatayni |
مِشْمِشَتَيْ mišmišatay |
Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مِشْمِشَات mišmišāt |
الْمِشْمِشَات al-mišmišāt |
مِشْمِشَات mišmišāt |
Nominative | مِشْمِشَاتٌ mišmišātun |
الْمِشْمِشَاتُ al-mišmišātu |
مِشْمِشَاتُ mišmišātu |
Accusative | مِشْمِشَاتٍ mišmišātin |
الْمِشْمِشَاتِ al-mišmišāti |
مِشْمِشَاتِ mišmišāti |
Genitive | مِشْمِشَاتٍ mišmišātin |
الْمِشْمِشَاتِ al-mišmišāti |
مِشْمِشَاتِ mišmišāti |
Hijazi Arabic
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
مِشْمِش • (mišmiš) m pl (singular مِشْمِشة (mišmiša))
See also
Categories:
- Arabic terms belonging to the root م ش ش
- Arabic 2-syllable words
- Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Arabic lemmas
- Arabic nouns
- Arabic collective nouns
- Arabic masculine nouns
- Arabic nouns with basic triptote collective
- Arabic nouns with triptote singulative in -a
- Arabic nouns with sound feminine paucal
- ar:Stone fruits
- Hijazi Arabic terms inherited from Arabic
- Hijazi Arabic terms derived from Arabic
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- Hijazi Arabic pluralia tantum