# շիշ
## Armenian
### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /ʃiʃ/, [ʃiʃ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /ʃiʃ/, [ʃiʃ]

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian շիշ (šiš). Doublet of շուշա (šuša) and շիշա (šiša).

#### Noun

շիշ • (šiš)
* bottle
    գինու շիշ ― ginu šiš ― wine bottle

##### Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | շիշ (šiš) | շշեր (ššer) |
| dative | շշի (šši) | շշերի (ššeri) |
| ablative | շշից (ššicʻ) | շշերից (ššericʻ) |
| instrumental | շշով (ššov) | շշերով (ššerov) |
| locative | շշում (ššum) | շշերում (ššerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | շիշը/շիշն (šišə/šišn) | շշերը/շշերն (ššerə/ššern) |
| dative | շշին (ššin) | շշերին (ššerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | շիշս (šišs) | շշերս (ššers) |
| dative | շշիս (ššis) | շշերիս (ššeris) |
| ablative | շշիցս (ššicʻs) | շշերիցս (ššericʻs) |
| instrumental | շշովս (ššovs) | շշերովս (ššerovs) |
| locative | շշումս (ššums) | շշերումս (ššerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | շիշդ (šišd) | շշերդ (ššerd) |
| dative | շշիդ (ššid) | շշերիդ (ššerid) |
| ablative | շշիցդ (ššicʻd) | շշերիցդ (ššericʻd) |
| instrumental | շշովդ (ššovd) | շշերովդ (ššerovd) |
| locative | շշումդ (ššumd) | շշերումդ (ššerumd) |

### Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish شیش (şiş) (Turkish şiş).

#### Noun

շիշ • (šiš)
* (dialectal) skewer, spit
    Synonym: շամփուր (šampʻur)

##### Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | շիշ (šiš) | շշեր (ššer) |
| dative | շշի (šši) | շշերի (ššeri) |
| ablative | շշից (ššicʻ) | շշերից (ššericʻ) |
| instrumental | շշով (ššov) | շշերով (ššerov) |
| locative | շշում (ššum) | շշերում (ššerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | շիշը/շիշն (šišə/šišn) | շշերը/շշերն (ššerə/ššern) |
| dative | շշին (ššin) | շշերին (ššerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | շիշս (šišs) | շշերս (ššers) |
| dative | շշիս (ššis) | շշերիս (ššeris) |
| ablative | շշիցս (ššicʻs) | շշերիցս (ššericʻs) |
| instrumental | շշովս (ššovs) | շշերովս (ššerovs) |
| locative | շշումս (ššums) | շշերումս (ššerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | շիշդ (šišd) | շշերդ (ššerd) |
| dative | շշիդ (ššid) | շշերիդ (ššerid) |
| ablative | շշիցդ (ššicʻd) | շշերիցդ (ššericʻd) |
| instrumental | շշովդ (ššovd) | շշերովդ (ššerovd) |
| locative | շշումդ (ššumd) | շշերումդ (ššerumd) |

#### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “շիշ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 261

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyšk' /⁠šīšag⁠/, “bottle, flask”), Persian شیشه (šiše, “glass”).

### Noun

շիշ • (šiš)
* bottle, flask, phial
** 5th century, Bible, Luke 7.37:Եւ կին մի էր ի քաղաքին մեղաւոր․ իբրեւ գիտաց թէ բազմեալ է ի տան փարիսեցւոյն, բերեալ շիշ մի իւղոյ ազնուի։Ew kin mi ēr i kʻałakʻin meławor; ibrew gitacʻ tʻē bazmeal ē i tan pʻarisecʻwoyn, bereal šiš mi iwłoy aznui.Translation by King James BibleAnd, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that [Jesus] sat at meat in the Pharisee' s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment.

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: շիշ (šiš)

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “շիշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “շիշ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 214
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շիշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy