ܡܫܡܫܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܡܫܡܫܬܐ

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِشْمِشَة (mišmiša), singulative of مِشْمِش (mišmiš), a possibly distant relation to Akkadian 𒌑𒂊𒈦𒈦 (masmas).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [mɪʃ.mɪʃ.tɑː]

Noun

ܡܸܫܡܸܫܬܵܐ • (mišmištā) f sg (plural ܡܸܫܡܸܫܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ (mišmišyātē))

  1. apricot (juicy soft fruit of an orange-yellow colour)
    ܟܠ ܩܲܝܛܵܐ ܒܫܲܒ݂ܪܘܼܬܵܐ، ܚܨܝܼܕ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܠܲܢ ܡܸܫܡܸܫܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܝܼܠܵܢܲܢ.
    kul qayṭā b-šaḇrūtā, ḥṣīd wā lan mišmišyātē min īlānan.
    Every summer growing up we used to apricots from our tree.

Inflection

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