ܦܫܦܫܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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Cognate to Hebrew פִּשְׁפֵּשׁ (pišpēš) and, likely from Aramaic, Arabic فَسْفَس (fasfas).

A bed bug

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pɛʃp(ə)ʃɑ(ʔ)], [paʃpɛʃʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pɛʃp(ə)ʃe(ʔ)], [paʃpɛʃʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܦܫܦܫܐ (pešpšām (plural ܦܫܦܫܐ)

  1. bedbug
  2. (dialectal) castor bean
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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Compare Hebrew פִּשְׁפָּשׁ (pišpāš).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [paʃp(ə)ʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [paʃp(ə)ʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܦܫܦܫܐ (pašpšām (plural ܦܫܦܫܐ)

  1. wicket (gate)
Inflection
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References

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  • pšpš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 294b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 468b
  • 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, page 1262b