ܐܣܛܘܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
From a variant of Aramaic אִיסְטְוָונָא (ʾesṭwānā, “column, pillar”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (stwn' /stūn/, “column, pillar”); also borrowed into Arabic أُسْطُوَانَة (ʔusṭuwāna).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܵܐ • (isṭōnā) m sg (plural ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ (isṭōnē))
- column, pillar
- (geometry) cylinder
- (by extension, mechanics) cylinder: a cylindrical space in which a piston moves.
Inflection edit
Inflection of ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܵܐ (isṭōnā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܝܼ (isṭōnī) |
ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܲܢ (isṭōnan) | ||
| construct | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢ (isṭōn) |
2nd person | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܘܼܟ݂ (isṭōnūḵ) |
ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܵܟ݂ܝ (isṭōnāḵ) |
ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (isṭōnāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܵܐ (isṭōnā) |
3rd person | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܹܗ (isṭōnēh) |
ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܵܗ̇ (isṭōnāh) |
ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܗܘܿܢ (isṭōnhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܝܼ̈ (isṭōnī) |
ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܲܢ̈ (isṭōnan) | ||
| construct | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܲܝ̈ (isṭōnay) |
2nd person | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (isṭōnūḵ) |
ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (isṭōnāḵ) |
ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (isṭōnāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ (isṭōnē) |
3rd person | ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (isṭōnūh) |
ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (isṭōnōh) |
ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܗ̈ܘܿܢ (isṭōnhōn) | ||
Derived terms edit
- ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܵܝܵܐ (isṭōnāyā, “cylindrical”)