אשון
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אשון¹
- /ʔɔˈʃun/ [ʔɔːˈʃuːn]
- /ɔˈʃun/
- /ʔaːˈʃun/
- /äˈʃun/
- /(ʔ)aˈʃun/ [äˈʃun] Modern Israeli
Rhymes with -un
Where it comes from
Derived from Aramaic אֲשׁוּנָא (ʾăšūnā), אָשׁוּן (ʾāšūn, “hard”), where original ח (ḥ) or ע (ʿ) was replaced by א (ʾ) in one of the dialects, where א (ʾ), ח (ḥ), ע (ʿ) (and sometimes ה (h)) all merge to the same sound. Compare the alternative form, עָשׁוּן ('ashún). The same also happened in Samaritan Hebrew.
Cognates are Classical Syriac ܥܫܝܢ (ʿiššīn, “strong”), Arabic خَشِن (ḵašin, “rough”).
adjective אָשׁוּן · ashún · אֲשׁוּנָה · אֲשׁוּנִים · אֲשׁוּנוֹת · עָשׁוּן
- hard, tough
- rigid, stiff
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rough
Similar: מחוספס//מְחֻסְפָּס
אשון²
- /ʔɛ̆ˈʃun/ [ʔɛ̆ˈʃuːn]
- /eˈʃun/
- /ʔeˈʃun/
- /e̞ˈʃun/
- /(ʔ)eˈʃun/ [e̞ˈʃun] Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
Derived from Akkadian 𒂡 (isinnu, išinnu, “festival, fixed time”), from Sumerian 𒂡 (ezem, ezen /ezem/, “festival”), which is possibly a borrowing from Semitic languages itself (comp. Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, “season, festival”)).
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