ܗܕܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic הָדֵּא (hāḏē); compare Arabic هٰذِهِ (hāḏihi).

Alternative forms

• ܐܵܗܵܐ (āhā)

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [hɑːðeː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [hɑːdeː]

Pronoun

ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ • (hāḏē) (masculine ܗܵܢܵܐ (hānā), plural ܗܵܠܹܝܢ (hālēn))

1. (demonstrative) this, this thing, this one

   ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܛܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ ― hāḏē ìlāh ṭāḇtā ― This is good

   ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܢ ܠܵܗ̇ ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ ― kē bāˁēn lāh hāḏē ― I want this one

   ܐܟ݂ܝܼܠ ܠܝܼ ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܟܸܪܡܘܿܟ݂ܬܵܐ ܬܸܡܵܠ. ― ḵīl lī hāḏē kirmōḵtā timmāl. ― I ate this sandwich yesterday

Derived terms

• ܐܲܝܕܵܐ (aydā)

Etymology 2

Root
ܗ ܕ ܐ (h d ˀ)
3 terms

Borrowed from Arabic هَدَأَ (hadaʔa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [hɑːðeː]
• (Nineveh Plains, Urmia) IPA^(key): [hɑːdeː]

Verb

ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ • (hāḏē) (present participle ܗܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ (hḏāyā), past participle ܗܸܕ݂ܝܵܐ (hiḏyā))

1. (intransitive) to be/become still, calm, silent

   Synonyms: ܫܵܠܹܐ (šālē), ܢܵܐܹܚ (nāˀēḥ), ܫܵܟ݂ܹܢ (šāḵēn)

Inflection

Conjugation of ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ (hāḏē)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܗܕ݂ܹܐ ܠܝܼ (hḏē lī)	ܗܕ݂ܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (hḏē lūḵ)	ܗܕ݂ܹܐ ܠܹܗ (hḏē lēh)	ܗܕ݂ܹܐ ܠܲܢ (hḏē lan)	ܗܕ݂ܹܐ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (hḏē lāwḵōn)	ܗܕ݂ܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ (hḏē lhōn)
	f		ܗܕ݂ܹܐ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (hḏē lāḵ)	ܗܕ݂ܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ (hḏē lāh)
non-past	m	ܗܵܕ݂ܹܝܢ (hāḏēn)	ܗܵܕ݂ܹܝܬ (hāḏēt)	ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ (hāḏē)	ܗܵܕ݂ܲܚ (hāḏaḥ)	ܗܵܕ݂ܹܝܬܘܿܢ (hāḏētōn)	ܗܵܕ݂ܝܼ (hāḏī)
	f	ܗܵܕ݂ܝܵܢ (hāḏyān)	ܗܵܕ݂ܝܵܬܝ (hāḏyāt)	ܗܵܕ݂ܝܵܐ (hāḏyā)
imperative	m		ܗܕ݂ܝܼ (hḏī)			ܗܕ݂ܹܝܡܘܼܢ (hḏēmūn)
	f		ܗܕ݂ܹܐ (hḏē)

Related terms

• ܗܲܕܝܼܐܵܐ (hadīˀā)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܗܕ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɑðeʔ]

Adjective

ܗܕܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܗܠܝܢ, singular masculine counterpart ܗܢܐ, plural masculine counterpart ܗܠܝܢ)

1. (demonstrative) this

Usage notes

• As an attributive adjective, ܗܕܐ can come either before or after the noun it describes without any change in meaning.

Pronoun

ܗܕܐ • (transliteration needed) f sg (plural ܗܠܝܢ, singular masculine counterpart ܗܢܐ, plural masculine counterpart ܗܠܝܢ)

1. (demonstrative) this thing, this one

References

• “hdˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1895) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), Berlin, Edinburgh: Reuther & Reichard, T. & T. Clark
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press