مشمش

مشمش

See also: مشمس‎

Arabic

مِشْمِش

Etymology

• From the root م ش ش‎ (m-š-š), meaning “to clean off or clean out”, “to suck out marrow”, “to milk or extract”, “to be a purgative or to cause diarrhea”, “to macerate or break down”, “to rotten or spoil”. This stems either from the purgative nature of the fruits in the prune family, or the idiomatically short season that apricots are found ripe. See also م ش ي‎ (m-š-y) for the related concept of "being swift or ephemeral", "to be fleeting", "being around for only a short while".
• Possibly a distant relation to Akkadian 𒌑𒂊𒈦𒈦 (masmas, “an unidentified plant”), a word connected to another unidentified plant 𒌑𒈦𒄭𒄊 (kulbānu) potentially the etymology for مِشْمِشْ كُلَيْبِيّ‎ (mišmiš kulaybiyy, “apricot with a bitter kernel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miʃ.miʃ/

Noun

مِشْمِش • (mišmiš) m (collective, singulative مِشْمِشَة‎ f (mišmiša))

1. apricots (fruit), apricot (collectively)
2. apricot trees

Declension

Declension of noun مِشْمِش (mišmiš)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِشْمِش mišmiš	الْمِشْمِش‎ al-mišmiš	مِشْمِش mišmiš
Nominative	مِشْمِشٌ mišmišun	الْمِشْمِشُ‎ al-mišmišu	مِشْمِشُ mišmišu
Accusative	مِشْمِشًا‎ mišmišan	الْمِشْمِشَ‎ al-mišmiša	مِشْمِشَ mišmiša
Genitive	مِشْمِشٍ mišmišin	الْمِشْمِشِ‎ al-mišmiši	مِشْمِشِ mišmiši
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِشْمِشَة‎ mišmiša	الْمِشْمِشَة‎ al-mišmiša	مِشْمِشَة‎ mišmišat
Nominative	مِشْمِشَةٌ‎ mišmišatun	الْمِشْمِشَةُ‎ al-mišmišatu	مِشْمِشَةُ‎ mišmišatu
Accusative	مِشْمِشَةً‎ mišmišatan	الْمِشْمِشَةَ‎ al-mišmišata	مِشْمِشَةَ‎ mišmišata
Genitive	مِشْمِشَةٍ‎ mišmišatin	الْمِشْمِشَةِ‎ al-mišmišati	مِشْمِشَةِ‎ mišmišati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِشْمِشَتَيْن‎ mišmišatayn	الْمِشْمِشَتَيْن‎ al-mišmišatayn	مِشْمِشَتَيْ‎ mišmišatay
Nominative	مِشْمِشَتَانِ‎ mišmišatāni	الْمِشْمِشَتَانِ‎ al-mišmišatāni	مِشْمِشَتَا‎ mišmišatā
Accusative	مِشْمِشَتَيْنِ‎ mišmišatayni	الْمِشْمِشَتَيْنِ‎ al-mišmišatayni	مِشْمِشَتَيْ‎ mišmišatay
Genitive	مِشْمِشَتَيْنِ‎ mišmišatayni	الْمِشْمِشَتَيْنِ‎ al-mišmišatayni	مِشْمِشَتَيْ‎ mišmišatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِشْمِشَات‎ mišmišāt	الْمِشْمِشَات‎ al-mišmišāt	مِشْمِشَات‎ mišmišāt
Nominative	مِشْمِشَاتٌ‎ mišmišātun	الْمِشْمِشَاتُ‎ al-mišmišātu	مِشْمِشَاتُ‎ mišmišātu
Accusative	مِشْمِشَاتٍ‎ mišmišātin	الْمِشْمِشَاتِ‎ al-mišmišāti	مِشْمِشَاتِ‎ mišmišāti
Genitive	مِشْمِشَاتٍ‎ mišmišātin	الْمِشْمِشَاتِ‎ al-mišmišāti	مِشْمِشَاتِ‎ mišmišāti

Descendants

• Hijazi Arabic: مِشْمِش‎
• → Ottoman Turkish: مشمش‎ (mışmış, mişmiş)

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Hijazi Arabic

مِشْمِش

Etymology

From Arabic مِشْمِش‎ (mišmiš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miʃmiʃ/, [mɪʃ.mɪʃ]

Noun

مِشْمِش • (mišmiš) m pl (singular مِشْمِشة‎ (mišmiša))

1. apricot

See also

• بُخارى‎ (buḵāra, “plum”)
• خوخ‎ (ḵōḵ, “peach”)

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِشْمِش‎ (mišmiš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miʃ.miʃ/, [ˈmɪʃ.mɪʃ]
• IPA^(key): /muʃ.muʃ/, [ˈmʊʃ.mʊʃ]

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Noun

مشمش • (mišmiš, mušmuš) m (collective, singulative مشمشة‎ f (mišmiše), paucal مشمشات‎ (mišmišāt))

1. (uncountable) apricots

   ‏حبة مشمش / مشمشة‎‎ ― ḥabbet mišmiš / mišmiše ― an apricot