ܕܐܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܐ ܬ ܐ (ˀ t ˀ)
4 terms

Etymology

A relative clause, consisting of the conjunction ܕ- (d-) + the verb ܐܵܬ݂ܹܐ (āṯē); hence literally “that will come”. (See usage notes below.)

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [dəʔɑːθeː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [dəʔɑːteː]

Adjective

ܕܐܵܬ݂ܹܐ • (d-āṯē) (feminine ܕܐܵܬ݂ܝܵܐ (d-āṯyā), plural ܕܐܵܬ݂ܝܼ (d-āṯī))

1. The next, coming, upcoming

   Antonym: ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ (dˁḇīrēh)

   ܒܓܵܗܵܐ ܕܐܵܬ݂ܝܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܥܵܒ݂ܕ݂ܹܬ ܗܵܕܟ݂ܵܐ! ― b-gāhā d-āṯyā lā ˁāḇḏēt hādḵā! ― Next time don’t do that!

   ܒܸܬ ܡܦܲܪܩܲܚ ܒܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ ܕܐܵܬ݂ܹܐ ― bit mparqaḥ b-šāḇōˁā d-āṯē ― We will finish next week

   ܒܸܬ ܚܵܙܲܚ ܠܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܒܝܲܪܚܵܐ ܕܐܵܬ݂ܹܐ ― bit ḥāzaḥ liḥḏāḏē b-yarḥā d-āṯē ― We will see each other next month

   ܒܸܬ ܐܵܙܲܠ݇ܚ ܒܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܕܐܵܬ݂ܝܵܐ ― bit āzaḥ b-šēttā d-āṯyā ― We will go next year

Usage notes

• The phrase ܕܐܵܬ݂ܹܐ (d-āṯē) is not a true adjective, but rather, is grammatically a relative clause (literally meaning “that will come”). As a result, it does not inflect for definiteness, and its feminine singular and plural forms are the conjunction ܕ- (d-) plus the third-person feminine singular future tense and third-person plural future tense (respectively) of the verb ܐܵܬ݂ܹܐ (āṯē).

See also

• ܕܲܥܬܝܼܕ݂ (daˁtīḏ, “the future”)
• ܐ݇ܚܹܪ݇ܢܵܐ (ḥēnā)
• ܐܵܬ݂ܝܵܢܵܐ (āṯyānā)