شيص

Arabic
FWOTD – 16 June 2023

Alternative forms

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))

  1. dates of a palm that has not been fecundated and thus have not ripened with stones
    • 7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, section 47:
      يَأْتِي الرَّجُلُ بِالْقِنْوِ فِيهِ الشِّيصُ وَالْحَشَفُ وَبِالْقِنْوِ قَدِ انْكَسَرَ فَيُعَلِّقُهُ
      yaʔtī r-rajulu bi-l-qinwi fī-hī š-šīṣu wa-l-ḥašafu wabi-l-qinwi qadi nkasara fa-yuʕalliqu-hū
      The man brings a cluster with infecund and wizened dates in it and a cluster with dates that suffered damage and suspends it.

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, pages 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
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