Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic אַיכַּנָא (ʾaykannā, how, as) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending) +‎ -ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (-ūṯā, the abstract noun ending).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔaj.kan.nɑːjuːθɑː]

Noun

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ܐܲܝܟܲܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (aykannāyūṯāf sg (plural ܐܲܝܟܲܢܵܝ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (aykannāywāṯē))

  1. condition, state, situation
    ܡܛܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܚܘܼܬܵܡܵܐ ܕܝܼܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܐܲܝܟܲܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܡܸܫܬܲܪܝܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ.
    mṭē lhōn l-ḥūtāmā d-īwā aykannāyūtā lā mištaryānītā.
    They concluded that this was an insoluble situation.
  2. position, status
  3. circumstance
  4. matter, affair, concern

Inflection

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