ܐܛܘܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːtˤoːmɑː]

Noun

ܐܵܛܘܿܡܵܐ • (āṭōmā) m sg (plural ܐܵܛܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ (āṭōmē))

1. person, individual

   Synonyms: ܩܢܘܿܡܵܐ (qnōmā), ܦܲܪܨܘܿܦܵܐ (parṣōpā)

2. (physics) atom

   Synonym: ܢܸܬܪܵܐ (nitrā)

   ܩܠܲܣܡܵܐ ܒܨܝܼܪ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܲܛܘܿܡܵܐ ― qlasmā bṣīr min aṭōmā ― a particle smaller than an atom

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܵܛܘܿܡܵܐ (āṭōmā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܐܵܛܘܿܡܝܼ (āṭōmī)		ܐܵܛܘܿܡܲܢ (āṭōman)
	construct	ܐܵܛܘܿܡ (āṭōm)	2nd person	ܐܵܛܘܿܡܘܼܟ݂ (āṭōmūḵ)	ܐܵܛܘܿܡܵܟ݂ܝ (āṭōmāḵ)	ܐܵܛܘܿܡܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (āṭōmāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܐܵܛܘܿܡܵܐ (āṭōmā)	3rd person	ܐܵܛܘܿܡܹܗ (āṭōmēh)	ܐܵܛܘܿܡܵܗ̇ (āṭōmāh)	ܐܵܛܘܿܡܗܘܿܢ (āṭōmhōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܐܵܛܘܿܡܝܼ̈ (āṭōmī)		ܐܵܛܘܿܡܲܢ̈ (āṭōman)
	construct	ܐܵܛܘܿܡܲܝ̈ (āṭōmay)	2nd person	ܐܵܛܘܿܡܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (āṭōmūḵ)	ܐܵܛܘܿܡܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (āṭōmāḵ)	ܐܵܛܘܿܡܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (āṭōmāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܐܵܛܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ (āṭōmē)	3rd person	ܐܵܛܘܿܡܘܼ̈ܗܝ (āṭōmūh)	ܐܵܛܘܿܡ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (āṭōmōh)	ܐܵܛܘܿܡܗ̈ܘܿܢ (āṭōmhōn)

Derived terms

• ܐܵܛܘܿܡܵܝܵܐ (āṭōmāyā, “atomic”)