ܗܫ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܫ- (š-)

Etymology

Dissimilated from ܗܵܫܵܐ (hāšā, “now”) or Borrowed from Northern Kurdish hej (“still, yet”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [hɪʃ]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʃ], [ʕɪʃ]

Adverb

ܗܸܫ • (hiš)

1. (aspect) still, up to a time, as in the preceding time

   ܗܸܫ ܠܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠܵܐ؟ ― hiš lā ìwet zīlā? ― You still haven’t left?

   ܗܸܫ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܚܲܕ݇ ܐ݇ܚܪܹܢܵܐ ― hiš īṯ ḥa ḥrēnā ― there’s still one more.

2. yet, thus far, up to the present

   ܗܸܫ ܠܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܡܸܛܝܵܐ ― hiš lā ìlēh miṭyā ― He has not arrived yet.

Synonyms

• (all senses): ܗܵܠܵܐ (hālā), ܗܲܠ ܐܵܕܝܼܵܐ (hal ādīyā)