Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Root
ܬ ܚ ܬ (t ḥ t)
8 terms

Etymology edit

From Aramaic תְּחוֹת (tḥoṯ); compare Hebrew תַּחַת (tákhat), Arabic تَحْتَ (taḥta), Ge'ez ታሕተ (taḥtä) and Ugaritic 𐎚𐎈𐎚 (tḥt /⁠taḥta⁠/).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [təxoːθ]
  • (Barwar) IPA(key): [txoː], [xoː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [xoːθ], [xoː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [xuːt]

Preposition edit

ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ (tḥōṯ)

  1. beneath see usage notes below
    ܒܚܸܡܵܐ ܕܝܵܘܡܵܐ، ܝܬܝܼܒ݂ ܠܝܼ ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ ܐܝܼܠܵܢܵܐ.b-ḥimmā d-yāwmā, tīḇ lī tḥōṯ īlānā.In the heat of the day, I sat beneath a tree.
  2. subordinate to, in accordance with, in compliance with, subject to the control of
    ܒܡܸܬܚܵܐ ܕܟܒ݂ܘܼܫܝܵܐ ܚܝܹܐ ܠܲܢ ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ ܐܲܝܟܲܢܵܝ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܥܲܣ̈ܩܵܬ݂ܹܐ.
    b-mitḥā d-kḇušyā ḥyē lan tḥōṯ aykannāywāṯē ˁasqāṯē.
    During the invasion we lived under severe conditions.
  3. Using or adopting (a name, identity, etc.)
    ܟܹܐ ܟܵܬ݂ܹܒ݂ ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ ܫܸܡܵܐ ܕܓܸܠܓܵܡܸܫ.kē kāṯēḇ tḥōṯ šimmā d-gilgāmiš.He writes under the name Gilgamesh.
    ܛܠܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܬܚܘܿܬ݂ ܫܸܡܝܼ.ṭlāḇtā ìlāh tḥōṯ šimī.The order is under my name.

Usage notes edit

  • (beneath): This word is used when something is directly beneath another thing. When something is in general below it, but not specifically underneath it, the phrase ܠܬܸܚܬ݇ ܡ̣ܢ (ltiḥ min) is used.

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