ܕܢܒܘܣܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
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ܕ ܢ ܒ (d n b) |
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Etymology
editProbably from ܕܲܢܒ݂ܵܐ (danḇā, “tail”) + -ܘܿܣܬܵܐ (-ōstā, the diminutive ending), hence “small tail”. While the base word, “tail” is masculine, it was feminine in older dialects such as Classical Syriac ܕܘܼܢܒܵܐ (“dunbā”). This may be the reason this diminutive is formed with the feminine diminutive form and not the masculine- perhaps it was formed before the gender of “tail” switched to masculine. More so, this word may have developed before the base word shifted /b/ to /v/ (/w/).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard) IPA(key): [danboːstaː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [danbusta], [dambusta]
Noun
editܕܲܢܒܘܿܣܬܵܐ • (danbōstā) f (plural ܕܲܢܒ̈ܘܿܣܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (danbōsyāṯā))
Categories:
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms belonging to the root ܕ ܢ ܒ
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms suffixed with -ܘܣܬܐ
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms borrowed from Arabic
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms derived from Arabic
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic lemmas
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic nouns
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic feminine nouns