ܚܕܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܚ ܕ ܬ (ḥ d t)
7 terms

Inherited from Aramaic חַדְתָּא (ḥaḏtā), from Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ- (“to be new”); cognate with Arabic حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ), Hebrew חָדָשׁ (khadásh) and Akkadian 𒉋 (eššum).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xad.tɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [xɑːθɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [xat.tɑː]

Adjective

ܚܲܕܬܵܐ • (ḥadtā) (feminine ܚܕܲܬܵܐ (ḥdattā), masculine plural ܚܲܕ̈ܬܹܐ (ḥadtē), feminine plural ܚܲܕ̈ܬܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥadtāṯā))

1. new (recently made or created)

   Antonym: ܥܲܬܝܼܩܵܐ (ˁatīqā)

   ܚܲܒ݂ܪܝܼ ܙܒ݂ܝܼܢ ܠܹܗ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ ܚܲܕܬܵܐ. ― My friend bought a new house.

2. (by extension) new (current or later)

   Antonym: ܩܲܕܝܼܡܵܐ (qadīmā)

   ܪܲܕܵܝܬܝܼ ܚܕܲܬܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܡܸܢ ܩܲܕܝܼܡܬܝܼ، ܐܵܦܸܢ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܥܲܬܝܼܩܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇.

   raddāytī ḥdattā ṭāḇtā ìlāh yatīr min qadīmtī, āpin yatīr ˁatīqtā ìlāh.

   My new car is much better than my previous one, although it is older.

3. modern (pertaining to the current time and style)

   Synonyms: ܒܲܪܙܲܒ݂ܢܵܝܵܐ (barzaḇnāyā), ܕܵܪܵܝܵܐ (dārāyā)

   ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܐ ܡܕܲܪܸܫ ܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ ܥܸܒ݂ܪܵܝܵܐ ܚܲܕܬܵܐ ܓܲܘ ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܨܲܘܒܹ̈ܐ.

   kē bāˁē mdarriš liššānā ˁiḇrāyā ḥadtā gaw bēṯ ṣawbē.

   He wants to study Modern Hebrew at university.

Adverb

ܚܲܕܬܵܐ • (ḥadtā)

1. fresh, just, now, recently; just recently; most recently

   Synonym: ܬܵܙܵܐ (tāzā, “dialectal”)

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of ܕܝܼܵܬ݂ܹܩܹܐ ܚܕܲܬܵܐ (dīyāṯēqē ḥdattā)

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xdat.tɑː]

Proper noun

ܚܕܲܬܵܐ • (ḥdattā) f

1. New Testament (second half of the Christian Bible)
2. (by extension, colloquial) Bible

   Synonym: ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܩܲܕܝܼܫܵܐ (kṯāḇā qadīšā)