ܐܣܛܪܛܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܐܣܛܪܛܐ

Etymology

From Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Latin strāta; reinforced in its modern sense of “highway/freeway” as an allusion to French autostrade, Arabic أَوْتُوسْتْرَاد (ʔawtūstrād) and Hebrew אוֹטוֹסְטְרָדָ‬ה (otostrada); compare also borrowed into Arabic صِرَاط (ṣirāṭ, “path, way, road”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.tˤrɑːtˤɑː]

Noun

ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ • (isṭrāṭā) m or f (plural ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܹܐ (isṭrāṭē))

1. highway, freeway (main public road, high-speed thoroughfare)

   ܣܵܟ݂ܵܐ ܕܩܲܠܝܼܠܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܡܐܵܐ ܟܝܼܠܘܿܡܝܼܛܪܹ̈ܐ ܒܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ.

   sāḵā d-qalīlūṯā ˁal isṭrāṭā ìlēh mˀā kīlōmīṭrē b-šāˁṯa.

   The speed limit on the highway is a hundred kilometres per hour.

2. street, paved road

Usage notes

This word is traditionally masculine in it's original sense of “street/paved road”, but is feminine in the modern sense of “highway/freeway” due to it being influenced by French autostrade and Hebrew אוֹטוֹסְטְרָדָ‬ה (otostrada).

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ (isṭrāṭā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܝܼ (isṭrāṭī)		ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܲܢ (isṭrāṭan)
	construct	ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛ (isṭrāṭ)	2nd person	ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܘܼܟ݂ (isṭrāṭūḵ)	ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܟ݂ܝ (isṭrāṭāḵ)	ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ (isṭrāṭā)	3rd person	ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܹܗ (isṭrāṭēh)	ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܗ̇ (isṭrāṭāh)	ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܗܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭhōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܝܼ (isṭrāṭī)		ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܲܢ (isṭrāṭan)
	construct	ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܲܝ (isṭrāṭay)	2nd person	ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܘܼܟ݂ (isṭrāṭūḵ)	ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܵܟ݂ܝ (isṭrāṭāḵ)	ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܹܐ (isṭrāṭē)	3rd person	ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܘܼܗܝ (isṭrāṭūh)	ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܘܿܗ̇ (isṭrāṭōh)	ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܗܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭhōn)