ܙܥܘܪܘܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܙ ܥ ܪ (z ˁ r)
5 terms

Etymology

From ܙܥܘܿܪܵܐ (zˁōrā, “small, child”) +‎ -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā, the abstract noun ending).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [z(ə)ʕoːruːθaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [zoːruːθa]

Noun

ܙܥܘܿܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (zˁōrūṯā) f sg (plural ܙܥܘܿܪ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (zˁōrwāṯā))

1. (uncountable) smallness
2. (uncountable) childhood (The state of being a child)
3. childhood (The time during which one is a child)

   ܥܲܣܩܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܝܠܵܦܵܐ ܣܘܼܪܵܐܝܼܬ݂ ܐܸܢ ܠܵܐ ܝܵܠܸܦ ܠܹܗ ܚܲܕ݇ ܡ̣ܢ ܙܥܘܿܪܘܼܬ݂ܹܗ ― ˁasqā ìlēh lāpā sūrāˀīṯ in lā yālip lēh ḥa min zˁōrūṯēh ― It is hard to learn Sureth if one does not learn it from [the time of] his childhood.