صرصر

Arabic

Etymology 1

Arguably an Aramaic loan, with sound meanings present also im صَلْصَلَ (ṣalṣala), and both consonantisms with such meanings long present in Aramaic, unless the sound verb was formed independently from the animal-name صَرْصَار (ṣarṣār), صُرْصُر (ṣurṣur), صُرْصُور (ṣurṣūr, cricket).

Verb

صَرْصَرَ (ṣarṣara) Iq, non-past يُصَرْصِرُ‎ (yuṣarṣiru)

  1. to produce high-pitched discontinuous beeping sound, to squeak
Conjugation

Noun

صُرْصُر (ṣurṣur) m (plural صَرَاصِر (ṣarāṣir))

  1. Alternative form of صُرْصُور (ṣurṣūr), صَرْصَار (ṣarṣār, cricket; cockroach)
Declension

Adjective

صَرْصَرٌ (ṣarṣarun) (feminine صَرْصَرٌ (ṣarṣarun))

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    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 69:6:
      وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
      waʔammā ʕādun faʔuhlikū birīḥin ṣarṣarin ʕātiyatin
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Verb

صَرْصَرَ (ṣarṣara) Iq, non-past يُصَرْصِرُ‎ (yuṣarṣiru)

  1. Nonstandard form of صَلْصَل (ṣalṣal, to apply argil upon)
Conjugation

References

  • Corriente, Federico; Pereira, Christophe; Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017) Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, page 771
  • ṣlṣl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ṣlṣl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ṣrṣr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ṣrṣwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
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