ܡܫܡܫܬܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic[edit]

ܡܫܡܫܬܐ

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ܡܸܫܡܸܫܬܵܐ (mišmištāf 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[edit]