*ṣarṣar-: 'grasshopper, locust'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	ṣarṣar-, ṣurṣur-, ṣurṣūr- 'cricket' [BK 1 1330], [Fr. II 493], [Lane 1673], [LA IV 455], ṣarrār- 'cricket chirping by night' [Fr. II 490], [Lane 1673], [LA IV 455].	BK 1 1330; Fr. II 493; Lane 1673; LA IV 455; Fr. II 490
Akkadian	ṣarṣaru (ṣāṣiru) SB, NB [CAD ṣ 115], OB on [AHw. 1086]	CAD ṣ 115; AHw. 1086	gloss withheld
Hebrew	pB. ṣarṣūr 'cricket' [Ja. 1305], [Levy WTM IV 223].	Ja. 1305; Levy WTM IV 223
Judaic Aramaic	ṣarṣǝrā [Ja. 1305], [Levy WTM IV 223], ṣrṣr [DJPA 471a apud CAL].	Ja. 1305; Levy WTM IV 223; DJPA 471a; CAL	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	ṣarṣūrā 'a kind of locust' [Brock. 639], [PS 3438], ṣēṣǝrā 'cricket' [Brock. 636], [PS 3437] (also ṣaṣṣūrā).	Brock. 639; PS 3438; Brock. 636; PS 3437
Eblaitic	ṣa-ṣa-ru₁₀-um (SED II 278)	SED II 278
Modern Aramaic	NSyr. ṣiṣrâ, ṣerṣûrâ; JNA ṣīṣ-irka (SED II 278)	SED II 278
Aramaic	ṣrṣrʿ, ṣlṣlʾ (HALOT 1031)	HALOT 1031

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Updated 22 October 2026