ميس

See also: مىس, میش, and م ي س

Arabic

مَيْس

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic מַיְשָׁא / ܡܰܝܫܳܐ (mayšā, “nettle tree”), from Akkadian 𒄑𒈩 (mēsum), from Sumerian 𒄑𒈩 (^g̃ešmes /⁠mes⁠/), apparently also the nettle tree, contrasted with 𒄑𒈩𒈣𒃶𒈾 (musukkannum, literally “mes from Makan”), a tree from the East used for wood, apparently sissoo (Dalbergia sissoo). In Hebrew, the former is found as מַיִשׁ (mayiš, “nettle tree”), the later as מְסֻכָּן (məsukkān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /majs/

Noun

مَيْس • (mays) m

1. nettle tree, hackberry (Celtis gen. et spp., especially Celtis australis, but locally also Celtis caucasica)

Declension

Declension of noun مَيْس (mays)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَيْس mays	الْمَيْس al-mays	مَيْس mays
nominative	مَيْسٌ maysun	الْمَيْسُ al-maysu	مَيْسُ maysu
accusative	مَيْسًا maysan	الْمَيْسَ al-maysa	مَيْسَ maysa
genitive	مَيْسٍ maysin	الْمَيْسِ al-maysi	مَيْسِ maysi

Descendants

• → Spanish: almez, almeza

References

• “myš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “mēsu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 10, M, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977, pages 33–34
• “musukkannu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[2], volume 10, M, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977, pages 237–239
• Assyrian empire builders: Technical terms. Sissoo
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “ميس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 224
• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “ميس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2748.
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[4] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 416–417
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[5] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, →DOI, page 250
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 53