شيص
Arabic
Alternative forms
- شِيش (šīš), صِيص (ṣīṣ)
Etymology
From Aramaic שִׁיצָא (šīṣā, “a somehow inferior quality of dates”), from Akkadian 𒅆𒍮𒌈 (ši-ṣu-tum /šīṣūtū/, “a quality of dates”), 𒊮𒋤 (ŠA3.SUD /šuṣū/, “a quality of date palms and dates”), considered borrowed from Sumerian 𒊮𒋤 (ša3.sud).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃiːsˤ/
Noun
شِيص • (šīṣ) m (collective, singulative شِيصَة f (šīṣa))
- dates of a palm that has not been fecundated and thus have not ripened with stones
- 7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, 47:
- يَأْتِي الرَّجُلُ بِالْقِنْوِ فِيهِ الشِّيصُ وَالْحَشَفُ وَبِالْقِنْوِ قَدِ انْكَسَرَ فَيُعَلِّقُهُ
- yaʾtī r-rajulu bi-l-qinwi fī-hī š-šīṣu wa-l-ḥašafu wabi-l-qinwi qadi nkasara fa-yuʿalliqu-hū
- The man brings a cluster with infecund and wizened dates in it and a cluster with dates that suffered damage and suspends it.
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Declension
Declension of noun شِيص (šīṣ)
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | شِيص šīṣ | الشِّيص aš-šīṣ | شِيص šīṣ |
| Nominative | شِيصٌ šīṣun | الشِّيصُ aš-šīṣu | شِيصُ šīṣu |
| Accusative | شِيصًا šīṣan | الشِّيصَ aš-šīṣa | شِيصَ šīṣa |
| Genitive | شِيصٍ šīṣin | الشِّيصِ aš-šīṣi | شِيصِ šīṣi |
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | شِيصَة šīṣa | الشِّيصَة aš-šīṣa | شِيصَة šīṣat |
| Nominative | شِيصَةٌ šīṣatun | الشِّيصَةُ aš-šīṣatu | شِيصَةُ šīṣatu |
| Accusative | شِيصَةً šīṣatan | الشِّيصَةَ aš-šīṣata | شِيصَةَ šīṣata |
| Genitive | شِيصَةٍ šīṣatin | الشِّيصَةِ aš-šīṣati | شِيصَةِ šīṣati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | شِيصَتَيْن šīṣatayn | الشِّيصَتَيْن aš-šīṣatayn | شِيصَتَيْ šīṣatay |
| Nominative | شِيصَتَانِ šīṣatāni | الشِّيصَتَانِ aš-šīṣatāni | شِيصَتَا šīṣatā |
| Accusative | شِيصَتَيْنِ šīṣatayni | الشِّيصَتَيْنِ aš-šīṣatayni | شِيصَتَيْ šīṣatay |
| Genitive | شِيصَتَيْنِ šīṣatayni | الشِّيصَتَيْنِ aš-šīṣatayni | شِيصَتَيْ šīṣatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | شِيصَات šīṣāt | الشِّيصَات aš-šīṣāt | شِيصَات šīṣāt |
| Nominative | شِيصَاتٌ šīṣātun | الشِّيصَاتُ aš-šīṣātu | شِيصَاتُ šīṣātu |
| Accusative | شِيصَاتٍ šīṣātin | الشِّيصَاتِ aš-šīṣāti | شِيصَاتِ šīṣāti |
| Genitive | شِيصَاتٍ šīṣātin | الشِّيصَاتِ aš-šīṣāti | شِيصَاتِ šīṣāti |
References
- “شيص” in Almaany
- “šyc”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Freytag, Georg (1833), “شيص”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 471a–b
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 146
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “شيص”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1297a
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “شيص”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1630c
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 114
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 341
- Sokoloff, Michael (2002), “שִׁיצָא”, in A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 1139b
- Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 54