ܚܡܛܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܚ ܘ ܛ (ḥ w ṭ)
3 terms

Etymology

From a metathesis of the variant form ܡܚܲܛܵܐ (mḥaṭṭā), from Aramaic מְחַטָא (məḥaṭṭā), tool noun of the verb ܚܵܐܹܛ (ḥāˀēṭ, “to sew”); related to Arabic مِخْيَط (miḵyaṭ), Hebrew מַחַט (mákhat).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xəmɑːtˤɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [məxaːtˤa]

Noun

ܚܡܵܛܵܐ • (ḥmāṭā) f sg (plural ܚܡܵܛܹ̈ܐ (ḥmāṭē) or ܡ̈ܚܲܛܵܬ݂ܵܐ (mḥaṭṭāṯā))

1. (sewing) needle
   • Mark 10:25:

     ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܦܫܝܼܛܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܠܓܲܡܠܵܐ ܕܥܵܒ݂ܹܪ ܒܢܸܩܒܵܐ ܕܚܡܵܛܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܲܬܝܼܪܵܐ ܕܥܵܝܹܠ ܠܡܲܠܟܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ.

     yatīr pšīṭtā ìlāh l-gamlā d-ˁāḇēr b-niqbā d-ḥmāṭā min ˁatīrā d-ˁāyēl l-malkūṯā d-allāhā.

     It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܡܵܛܵܐ (ḥmāṭā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܚܡܵܛܝܼ (ḥmāṭī)		ܚܡܵܛܲܢ (ḥmāṭan)
	construct	ܚܡܵܛ (ḥmāṭ)	2nd person	ܚܡܵܛܘܼܟ݂ (ḥmāṭūḵ)	ܚܡܵܛܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥmāṭāḵ)	ܚܡܵܛܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥmāṭāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܚܡܵܛܵܐ (ḥmāṭā)	3rd person	ܚܡܵܛܹܗ (ḥmāṭēh)	ܚܡܵܛܵܗ̇ (ḥmāṭāh)	ܚܡܵܛܗܘܿܢ (ḥmāṭhōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܚܡܵܛܝܼ̈ (ḥmāṭī)		ܚܡܵܛܲܢ̈ (ḥmāṭan)
	construct	ܚܡܵܛܲܝ̈ (ḥmāṭay)	2nd person	ܚܡܵܛܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ḥmāṭūḵ)	ܚܡܵܛܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ḥmāṭāḵ)	ܚܡܵܛܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥmāṭāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܚܡܵܛܹ̈ܐ (ḥmāṭē)	3rd person	ܚܡܵܛܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ḥmāṭūh)	ܚܡܵܛ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (ḥmāṭōh)	ܚܡܵܛܗ̈ܘܿܢ (ḥmāṭhōn)