ܣܘܪܝܝܐ
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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܐ (sūrīyā, “Syria”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܵܐ • (sūrīyāyā) (feminine ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܬܵܐ (sūrīyāytā), plural ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܹܐ (sūrīyāyē))
- Syrian (of, from, or pertaining to the Syrian Arab Republic)
Noun
[edit]ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܵܐ • (sūrīyāyā) m (plural ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܹܐ (sūrīyāyē), feminine ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܬܵܐ (sūrīyāytā))
- Syrian (A person from the Syrian Arab Republic or of Syrian descent)
Usage notes
[edit]- Sometimes ܕܲܪܡܣܘܿܩܵܝܵܐ (darmsōqāyā, literally “Damascene”) is used to avoid ambiguity with ܣܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (surrāyā, “Assyrian, Syriac”).
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܵܐ (sūrīyāyā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܝܼ (sūrīyāyī) |
ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܲܢ (sūrīyāyan) | ||
| construct | ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝ (sūrīyāy) |
2nd person | ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (sūrīyāyūḵ) |
ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (sūrīyāyāḵ) |
ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sūrīyāyāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܵܐ (sūrīyāyā) |
3rd person | ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܹܗ (sūrīyāyēh) |
ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܵܗ̇ (sūrīyāyāh) |
ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܗܘܿܢ (sūrīyāyhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܝܼ (sūrīyāyī) |
ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܲܢ (sūrīyāyan) | ||
| construct | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܲܝ (sūrīyāyay) |
2nd person | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (sūrīyāyūḵ) |
ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (sūrīyāyāḵ) |
ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sūrīyāyāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܹܐ (sūrīyāyē) |
3rd person | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܘܼܗܝ (sūrīyāyūh) |
ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܘܿܗ̇ (sūrīyāyōh) |
ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܗܘܿܢ (sūrīyāyhōn) | ||