ܐܢܬܬܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Aramaic אִנְתְּתָא (ʾintəṯā), from Proto-Semitic *anṯat-; compare Arabic أُنْثَى (ʔunṯā), Hebrew אִשָּׁה (ishá), Akkadian 𒁮 (DAM /⁠aššatu⁠/) and Ugaritic 𐎀𐎘𐎚 (ʾaṯt).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʔat.tɑː], [ʔat.θɑː]

Noun[edit]

ܐܲܢ݇ܬܬ݂ܵܐ (atṯāf (plural ܢܸܫܹ̈ܐ (niššē) or ܐܸܢ̈ܫܹܐ (inšē), masculine ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (gaḇrā))

  1. woman, wife

Usage notes[edit]

Inflection[edit]

Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *anṯat-. Compare Akkadian 𒁮 (DAM /⁠aššatu⁠/), Arabic أُنْثَى (ʔunṯā), Hebrew אִשָּׁה (ʾiššâ), and Ugaritic 𐎀𐎘𐎚 (ʾaṯt).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʔantətɑ/, [ʔat(tə)θɑ], [ʔaθtɑ]

Noun[edit]

ܐܢܬܬܐ (ʾa(n)təṯāf (plural ܢܫܐ (neššē), singular masculine counterpart ܓܒܪܐ (gaḇrā))

  1. woman, wife

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References[edit]

  • ˀnth”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 14a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 22b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 66a–b