ܐܝܛܠܝܩܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܐܝܼܛܵܠܵܝܵܐ (īṭālāyā)
• ܐܝܼܛܵܠܢܵܝܵܐ (īṭālnāyā) (informal)

Etymology

From ܐܝܼܛܵܠܝܼܵܐ (īṭālīyā, “Italy”) and Latin ītalicus +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending) also attested in Classical Syriac.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔiːtˤɑːliːqɑːjɑː]

Adjective

ܐܝܼܛܵܠܝܼܩܵܝܵܐ • (īṭālīqāyā) (feminine ܐܝܼܛܵܠܝܼܩܵܝܬ݂ܵܐ (īṭālīqāyṯā), plural ܐܝܼܛܵܠܝܼܩܵܝܹ̈ܐ (īṭālīqāyē))

1. Italian (of, from, or pertaining to Italy, its culture, language or people)
   • Acts 10:1:

     ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܚܲܕ݇ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܩܹܣܲܪܝܵܐ ܫܸܡܹܗ ܩܘܼܪܢܹܠܝܘܿܣ، ܪܲܒ ܡܐܵܐ ܕܣܝܼܥܬܵܐ ܐܝܼܛܵܠܝܼܩܵܝܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܟܹܐ ܦܵܝܫܵܐ ܩܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ.

     īṯ wā ḥa nāšā gāw qēsaryā šimmēh qurnēlyōs, rab mˀā d-sīˁtā īṭālīqāyṯā d-kē pāyšā qrīṯā.

     There was a certain main in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment.

Noun

ܐܝܼܛܵܠܝܼܩܵܝܵܐ • (īṭālīqāyā) m sg (plural ܐܝܼܛܵܠܝܼܩܵܝܹ̈ܐ (īṭālīqāyē), feminine ܐܝܼܛܵܠܝܼܩܵܝܬ݂ܵܐ (īṭālīqāyṯā))

1. Italian (person from Italy or of Italian descent)

Derived terms

• ܐܝܼܛܵܠܝܼܩܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (īṭālīqāˀīṯ, “Italian language”)