ܐܨܠܐܝܬ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܐ ܨ ܠ (ˀ ṣ l)
3 terms

Etymology

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Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl)bor.

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܐܲܨܠܵܐ (aṣlā)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic -ܵܝܵܐ (-āyā)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܐܲܨܠܵܝܵܐ (aṣlāyā)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic -ܐܝܼܬ݂ (-īṯ)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܐܨܠܐܝܬ (ṣlˀit)

From ܐܲܨܠܵܝܵܐ (aṣlāyā) + -ܐܝܼܬ݂ (-īṯ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔasˤ.lɑːʔiθː]

Adverb

ܐܲܨܠܵܐܝܼܬ݂ • (aṣlāˀīṯ)

1. originally

   ܐܵܢܵܐ ܐܲܨܠܵܐܝܼܬ݂ ܝܘܸܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܢܘܼܗܲܕܪܵܐ. ― ānā aṣlāˀīṯ ìwen min nūhadrā. ― I’m originally from Nohadra.

2. at all, in the first place

   ܐܲܨܠܵܐܝܼܬ݂ ܩܵܡܘܿܕܝܼ ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܗܵܕܟ݂ܵܐ؟ ― aṣlāˀīṯ qāmōdī ˁḇīḏ lūḵ hādḵā? ― Why did you do that in the first place?

See also

• ܫܲܪܘܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (šarwāˀīṯ)
• ܒܫܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (bšūrāyā)