ܡܫܡܫܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܫ-ܡ-ܫ (š-m-š) related to serving.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ʃam(mə)ʃɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ʃam(mə)ʃɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܫܡܫܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܫܡܫܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܫܡܫܢܝܬܐ)

1. servant, attendant, minister
2. (law) law clerk
3. (Christianity) deacon

Inflection

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܫܡܫܢ	ܡܫܡܫܢܝܢ
construct	ܡܫܡܫܢ	ܡܫܡܫܢܝ
emphatic	ܡܫܡܫܢܐ	ܡܫܡܫܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܫܡܫܢܝ	ܡܫܡܫܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܫܡܫܢܟ	ܡܫܡܫܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܫܡܫܢܟܝ	ܡܫܡܫܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܫܡܫܢܗ	ܡܫܡܫܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܫܡܫܢܗ	ܡܫܡܫܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܫܡܫܢܢ	ܡܫܡܫܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܫܡܫܢܟܘܢ	ܡܫܡܫܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܫܡܫܢܟܝܢ	ܡܫܡܫܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܫܡܫܢܗܘܢ	ܡܫܡܫܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܫܡܫܢܗܝܢ	ܡܫܡܫܢܝܗܝܢ

    inflection of ܡܫܡܫܢܐ

See also

• ܫܡܫܐ

References

• “mšmšn”, 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, p. 373b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 308a
• 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. 851a