ܡܛܠܩܢܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Root
ܛ ܠ ܩ (ṭ l q)
3 terms

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܡܛܠܩܢܐ in the sense of the diacritic.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [mtˤallqaːnaː]

Adjective

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ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܵܐ (mṭalqānā) (feminine ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mṭalqānīṯā), plural ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܹܐ (mṭalqānē))

  1. destroying, eliminating, consuming

Noun

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ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܵܐ (mṭalqānām (plural ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܹܐ (mṭalqānē), feminine ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mṭalqānīṯā))

  1. destroyer, eliminator
  2. (typography) linea occultans, mtalqana, the diacritic in the Syriac scripts consisting of one stroke on a letter used to indicate the letter is unpronounced
    ܡܕ݂ܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ (mḏītā, city)
    ܐܲܟ݂ܚ݇ܕ݂ܵܐ (aḵḏā, together)
    ܚܲܕ݇ (ḥa, one)

Usage notes

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  • This diacritic is not normally applied to letters which have lost their value on a dialectical level- for example, ܒܹܥܹ̈ܐ (bēˁē, eggs) containing the letter ayn, does not have a linea occultans, despite ayn mostly losing its value in Assyrian-Neo Aramaic dialects