شماس

Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃi.maːs/

Noun

شِمَاس • (šimās) m

verbal noun of شَمَسَ (šamasa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun شِمَاس (šimās)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِمَاس šimās	الشِّمَاس aš-šimās	شِمَاس šimās
Nominative	شِمَاسٌ šimāsun	الشِّمَاسُ aš-šimāsu	شِمَاسُ šimāsu
Accusative	شِمَاسًا šimāsan	الشِّمَاسَ aš-šimāsa	شِمَاسَ šimāsa
Genitive	شِمَاسٍ šimāsin	الشِّمَاسِ aš-šimāsi	شِمَاسِ šimāsi

Etymology 2

شماس (kneeling)

From Classical Syriac ܫܡܫܐ (šammāšā, “deacon”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃam.maːs/

Noun

شَمَّاس • (šammās) m (plural شَمَامِسَة (šamāmisa))

(Christianity) deacon, acolyte, sexton

Declension

Declension of noun شَمَّاس (šammās)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَمَّاس šammās	الشَّمَّاس aš-šammās	شَمَّاس šammās
Nominative	شَمَّاسٌ šammāsun	الشَّمَّاسُ aš-šammāsu	شَمَّاسُ šammāsu
Accusative	شَمَّاسًا šammāsan	الشَّمَّاسَ aš-šammāsa	شَمَّاسَ šammāsa
Genitive	شَمَّاسٍ šammāsin	الشَّمَّاسِ aš-šammāsi	شَمَّاسِ šammāsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَمَّاسَيْن šammāsayn	الشَّمَّاسَيْن aš-šammāsayn	شَمَّاسَيْ šammāsay
Nominative	شَمَّاسَانِ šammāsāni	الشَّمَّاسَانِ aš-šammāsāni	شَمَّاسَا šammāsā
Accusative	شَمَّاسَيْنِ šammāsayni	الشَّمَّاسَيْنِ aš-šammāsayni	شَمَّاسَيْ šammāsay
Genitive	شَمَّاسَيْنِ šammāsayni	الشَّمَّاسَيْنِ aš-šammāsayni	شَمَّاسَيْ šammāsay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَمَامِسَة šamāmisa	الشَّمَامِسَة aš-šamāmisa	شَمَامِسَة šamāmisat
Nominative	شَمَامِسَةٌ šamāmisatun	الشَّمَامِسَةُ aš-šamāmisatu	شَمَامِسَةُ šamāmisatu
Accusative	شَمَامِسَةً šamāmisatan	الشَّمَامِسَةَ aš-šamāmisata	شَمَامِسَةَ šamāmisata
Genitive	شَمَامِسَةٍ šamāmisatin	الشَّمَامِسَةِ aš-šamāmisati	شَمَامِسَةِ šamāmisati

References

Wehr, Hans (1960) “شماس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz
Lane, Edward William (1863) “شماس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate

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