ܠܩܕܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܩ ܕ ܡ (q d m)
9 terms

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [la.qɑːmɑː]

Adverb

ܠܲܩܵܕ݇ܡܵܐ • (laqqāmā)

1. ahead

   ܠܲܩܵܕ݇ܡܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܡܵܨܹܝܬ ܚܵܙܹܝܬ ܠܛܘܼܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ. ― laqqāmā kē māṣēt ḥāzēt l-ṭūrānē. ― Ahead you can see the mountains.

   ܥܲܪܩܸܠ ܒܹܐܙܵܠܵܐ ܠܲܩܵܕ݇ܡܵܐ ܬܪܝܼܨܵܐܝܼܬ. ― ˁarqil bēzālā laqqāmā trīṣāˀīt. ― Keep going straight ahead.

   ܒܟܠܵܝܗܝ ܡܠܘܿܐܹ̈ܐ ܓܵܘ ܡܲܕܪܲܫܬܵܐ، ܣܲܪܓܘܿܢ ܠܲܩܵܕ݇ܡܵܐ ܡܸܢܝܼ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ. ― b-kullāyh mlōˀē gāw madraštā, sargōn laqqāmā minī ìwā. ― In all subjects at school, Sargon was ahead of me.

2. forward, onward

   ܡܲܦܬܸܠ ܠܹܗ ܙܘܼܠܚܸܙܘܵܐ ܠܲܩܵܕ݇ܡܵܐ ܒܚܲܕ݇ܟܡܵܐ ܟ̰ܗܵܪ̈ܟ̰ܘܼܒ݂ܹܐ. ― maptil lēh zulḥizwā laqqāmā b-ḥakmā čhārčūḇē. ― Wind the film forward a few frames.

Antonyms

• ܠܲܒܵܬ݇ܪܵܐ (labbārā)