ܡܫܟܝܚܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܫ ܟ ܚ (š k ḥ)
4 terms

Etymology

Natively inherited from the verb ܡܲܫ݇ܟ̰ܸܚ (mačiḥ, “to find”) and ultimately Aramaic שְׁכִיחָא (šəḵīḥā, “found; present”); doublet of ܫܟ݂ܝܼܚܵܐ (šḵīḥā, “real, existent”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [mət͡ʃiːxɑː]

Adjective

ܡܫ݇ܟ̰ܝܼܚܵܐ • (mčīḥā) (feminine ܡܫ݇ܟ̰ܝܼܚܬܵܐ (mčīḥtā), plural ܡܫ݇ܟ̰ܝܼܚܹ̈ܐ (mčīḥē))

1. found, discovered

   Antonym: ܛܠܝܼܩܵܐ (ṭlīqā)

   ܫܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܛܠܝܼܩܵܐ ܡܫ݇ܟ̰ܝܼܚܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܒܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ. ― šaḇrā ṭlīqā mčīḥā ìwā b-ḥayyē. ― The lost child was found alive.

   • Luke 15:24

     ܡܸܛܠ ܗܵܢܵܐ ܒܪܘܿܢܝܼ ܡܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܘܚܝܹܐ ܠܹܗ، ܛܠܝܼܩܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܘܦܝܼܫ ܠܹܗ ܡܫ݇ܟ̰ܝܼܚܵܐ.» ܘܡܫܘܼܪܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܸܥܒ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܒܘܼܣܵܡܵܐ.

     miṭṭul hānā brōnī mīṯā ìwā w-ḥyē lēh, ṭlīqā ìwā w-pīš lēh mčīḥā.” w-mšūrē lhōn liˁḇāḏā bussāmā.

     for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.” And they began to be merry.