ܐܚܕܕܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܥܘܼܕܵܠܹܐ (ˁūdālē)

Etymology

Root
ܚ ܕ (ḥ d)
18 terms

Prothetic, reduplicated, and pluralized form of ܚܲܕ݂ (ḥaḏ, “one”), the archaic form of ܚܲܕ݇ (ḥa); compare Classical Syriac ܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ (ḥḏāḏē).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈʔɪx.ðɑːðeː]

Pronoun

ܐܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ • (iḥḏāḏē)

1. one another, each other

   ܚܙܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܒܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ ― ḥzē lhōn biḥḏāḏē ― They looked at each other

   ܣܲܪܓܘܿܢ ܘܫܲܡܝܼܪܵܡ ܟܹܐ ܡܲܚܸܒܝܼ ܠܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ ― sargōn w-šamīrām kē maḥḥibī liḥḏāḏē ― Sargon and Semiramis love each other

   ܡ̣ܢ ܟܡܵܐ ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܚܸܙܝܹ̈ܐ ܐܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ. ― min kmā ˁiddānā lā ìwaḥ ḥizyē iḥḏāḏē. ― long time no see (literally, “From some time we haven’t seen each other.”)

2. likewise, same to you

   Synonym: ܐܵܦ (āp)

   ܬܵܘܕܝܼ، ܡܸܢܘܼܟ݂ ܐܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ! ― tāwdī, minūḵ iḥḏāḏē! ― Thank you, you too (literally, “Thank you, from you one another”)

Usage notes

• By assimilation, the prothetic alaph is sometimes dropped.

  ‎ܒ- (b-) + ‎ܐܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ (iḥḏāḏē) → ‎ܒܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ (biḥḏāḏē)

  ‎ܕ- (d-) + ‎ܐܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ (iḥḏāḏē) → ‎ܕܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ (diḥḏāḏē)

  ‎ܟ- (k-) + ‎ܐܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ (iḥḏāḏē) → ‎ܟܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ (kiḥḏāḏē)

  ‎ܠ- (l-) + ‎ܐܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ (iḥḏāḏē) → ‎ܠܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ (liḥḏāḏē)

• The stress in this word is irregularly placed on the first syllable.

Derived terms

• ܡܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ (miḥḏāḏē, “together”)