ܬܫܘܝܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܬܫܘܝܬܐ

Alternative forms

• ܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (šwīṯā)

Etymology

Root
ܫ ܘ ܐ (š w ˀ)
5 terms

Derived from the verb ܡܲܫܘܹܐ (mašwē, “to smooth out; to spread out over a larger area”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [tɪʃ.wiːθɑː]

Noun

ܬܸܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (tišwīṯā) f sg (plural ܬܸܫܘܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (tišwyāṯē))

1. bed; bedding; mattress

   Synonym: ܡܲܫܟܒ݂ܵܐ (maškḇā)

   ܫܵܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܒܬܸܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܚܒ݂ܝܼܫܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇. ― šārūṯā b-tišwīṯā ḥḇīštā ìlāh. ― Breakfast in bed is included.

   ܫܘܼܢܵܪܝܼ ܟܹܐ ܕܵܡܹܟ݂ ܥܲܠ ܬܸܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܒܝܵܘܡܵܐ. ― šūnārī kē dāmēḵ ˁal tišwīṯā b-yāwmā. ― My cat sleeps on the bed during the day.

Usage notes

This word is generally distinct from ܥܲܪܣܵܐ (ˁarsā), which has a physical structure like a couch or litter, this world refers most often just to a mattress or other textile used on top of the ܥܲܪܣܵܐ (ˁarsā) for sleep.

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܸܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (tišwīṯā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܬܸܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܝܼ (tišwīṯī)		ܬܸܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܲܢ (tišwīṯan)
	construct	ܬܸܫܘܝܼܬ݂ (tišwīṯ)	2nd person	ܬܸܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (tišwīṯūḵ)	ܬܸܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (tišwīṯāḵ)	ܬܸܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tišwīṯāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܬܸܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (tišwīṯā)	3rd person	ܬܸܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܹܗ (tišwīṯēh)	ܬܸܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (tišwīṯāh)	ܬܸܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (tišwīṯhōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܬܸܫܘܝܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (tišwyāṯī)		ܬܸܫܘܝܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (tišwyāṯan)
	construct	ܬܸܫܘܝܵܬ݂̈ (tišwyāṯ)	2nd person	ܬܸܫܘܝܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (tišwyāṯūḵ)	ܬܸܫܘܝܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (tišwyāṯāḵ)	ܬܸܫܘܝܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tišwyāṯāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܬܸܫܘܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (tišwyāṯē)	3rd person	ܬܸܫܘܝܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ (tišwyāṯūh)	ܬܸܫܘܝܵܬ݂̈ܘܿܗ̇ (tišwyāṯōh)	ܬܸܫܘܝܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (tišwyāṯhōn)