ܡܛܠ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
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ܛ ܠ ܠ (ṭ l l) |
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Alternative forms edit
- ܡܸܛܘܼܠ (miṭūl)
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic מִּטּוּל (miṭṭūl). From a contraction of מִן (min, “from”) + טִּלָל (ṭillālā, “the protection of”).
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
ܡܸܛܠ • (miṭṭul)
- because, for, since
- ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠ ܠܝܼ ܠܕܸܟܵܢܵܐ ܠܸܙܒ݂ܵܢܵܐ ܟܝܼܣܬܵܐ ܕܠܲܚܡܵܐ ܘܚܲܠܒ݂ܵܐ، ܡܸܛܠ ܝܸܡܝܼ ܛܠܝܼܒ ܠܵܗ̇ ܡܸܢܝܼ.
- zīl lī l-dikkānā lizḇānā kīstā d-laḥmā w-ḥalḇā, miṭṭul yimī ṭlīb lāh minī.
- I went to the grocery store to buy milk and bread because my mother asked me to.
- ܒܸܚܫܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܕܝܼܠܹܗ ܬܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܐ، ܡܸܛܠ ܪܒ݂ܝܼܨ ܠܝܼ ܬܵܪܘܿܩܬܵܐ ܘܗܸܟ̰ ܡܸܢܕܝܼ ܠܵܐ ܒܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ.
- biḥšāḇā ìwen d-īlēh tḇīrā, miṭṭul rḇīṣ lī tārōqtā w-hič mindī lā brē lēh.
- I think it is be broken, because I pressed the button and nothing happened.
Inflection edit
Inflection of ܡܸܛܠ (miṭṭul)
Synonyms edit
- (because, for): ܣܵܒܵܒ (sābāb), ܡ̣ܢ ܕ- (min d-)
- (because of): ܒܗ̇ܝ ܕ- (b-ay d-), ܒܪܹܝܫ (brēš, literally “on the head of”), ܡ̣ܢ ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ (min bāṯar), ܡ̣ܢ (min)
Derived terms edit
- ܡܸܛܠܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (miṭṭullāˀīṯ, “just because, for no good reason”)