ܡܚܪܬܝܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Neologism from ܡܚܵܪ (mḥār, “tomorrow”) with the feminine dual ending based on Aramaic. Otherwise only natively attested in the word ܬܪܹܝܢ (trēn, “two”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [mxɑrːtenː]

Adverb

ܡܚܵܪܬܹܝܢ • (mḥārtēn)

1. day after tomorrow, overmorrow

   Synonym: ܐܘܿܡܵܚܪܹܢܵܐ (ōmāḥrēnā)

   ܒܸܬ ܦܲܠܛܲܚ ܡܚܵܪܬܹܝܢ ܘܒܸܬ ܕܵܥܪܲܚ ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ ܝܲܪܚܵܐ.

   bit palṭaḥ mḥārtēn w-bit dāˁraḥ bāṯar yarḥā.

   We leave the day after tomorrow and will come back in a month.

Coordinate terms

• ܡܢܵܬ݂ܡܵܠܝܼ (mnāṯmālī, “day before yesterday, ereyesterday”), ܬܸܡܵܠ (timmāl, “yesterday”), ܐܸܕܝܘܿܡ (idyōm, “today”), ܡܚܵܪ (mḥār, “tomorrow”)