ܐܣܛܪܛܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
From Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Latin strāta; reinforced in its modern sense of “highway/freeway” as an allusion to French autostrade, Arabic أَوْتُوسْتْرَاد (ʔawtūstrād) and Hebrew אוֹטוֹסְטְרָדָה (otostrada); compare also borrowed into Arabic صِرَاط (ṣirāṭ, “path, way, road”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ • (isṭrāṭā) m or f (plural ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܹܐ (isṭrāṭē))
- highway, freeway (main public road, high-speed thoroughfare)
- ܣܵܟ݂ܵܐ ܕܩܲܠܝܼܠܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܡܐܵܐ ܟܝܼܠܘܿܡܝܼܛܪܹ̈ܐ ܒܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ.
- sāḵā d-qalīlūṯā ˁal isṭrāṭā ìlēh mˀā kīlōmīṭrē b-šāˁṯa.
- The speed limit on the highway is a hundred kilometres per hour.
- street, paved road
Usage notes edit
This word is traditionally masculine in it's original sense of “street/paved road”, but is feminine in the modern sense of “highway/freeway” due to it being influenced by French autostrade and Hebrew אוֹטוֹסְטְרָדָה (otostrada).
Inflection edit
Inflection of ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ (isṭrāṭā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܝܼ (isṭrāṭī) |
ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܲܢ (isṭrāṭan) | ||
| construct | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛ (isṭrāṭ) |
2nd person | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܘܼܟ݂ (isṭrāṭūḵ) |
ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܟ݂ܝ (isṭrāṭāḵ) |
ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ (isṭrāṭā) |
3rd person | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܹܗ (isṭrāṭēh) |
ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܗ̇ (isṭrāṭāh) |
ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܗܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܝܼ (isṭrāṭī) |
ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܲܢ (isṭrāṭan) | ||
| construct | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܲܝ (isṭrāṭay) |
2nd person | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܘܼܟ݂ (isṭrāṭūḵ) |
ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܵܟ݂ܝ (isṭrāṭāḵ) |
ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܹܐ (isṭrāṭē) |
3rd person | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܘܼܗܝ (isṭrāṭūh) |
ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܘܿܗ̇ (isṭrāṭōh) |
ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܗܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭhōn) | ||