ܪܝܫܬܚܬܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Contraction of ܪܹܝܫܵܐ (rēšā) +‎ ܬܲܚܬܵܝܵܐ (taḥtāyā), literally “lowermost head”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [reːʃɑːxtɑːjɑː]

Adverb

ܪܹܝܫܵܬ݇ܚܬܵܝܵܐ • (rēšāḥtāyā)

1. topsy-turvy, upside down, inside out

   Synonyms: ܗܲܦܟܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (hapkāˀīṯ), ܚܲܒ݂ܛܘܼ ܚܲܒ݂ܛܘܼ (ḥaḇṭū ḥaḇṭū)

   ܢܦܝܼܠ ܠܹܗ ܪܹܝܫܵܬ݇ܚܬܵܝܵܐ ― npīl lēh rēšāḥtāyā ― He fell upside down

   ܠܒ݂ܝܼܫ ܠܹܗ ܨܘܼܕܪܵܐ ܪܹܝܫܵܬ݇ܚܬܵܝܵܐ

   lḇīš lēh ṣudrā rēšāḥtāyā

   He wore the shirt inside out

   ܗܵܢܵܐ ܥܲܠܡܵܐ ܚܕ݂ܝܼܪܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܪܹܝܫܵܬ݇ܚܬܵܝܵܐ

   hānā ˁalmā ḥḏīrā ìlēh rēšāḥtāyā

   (literally, “This world is turned upside down”)

See also

• ܚܒ݂ܝܼܛܵܐ ܡܚܘܼܪܒܫܵܐ (ḥḇīṭā mḥurbšā)
• ܗܲܦܟܵܝܵܐ (hapkāyā)