ܗܫ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Alternative forms edit
- ܫ- (š-)
Etymology edit
Dissimilated from ܗܵܫܵܐ (hāšā, “now”) or Borrowed from Northern Kurdish hej (“still, yet”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard) IPA(key): [hɪʃ]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʃ], [ʕɪʃ]
Adverb edit
ܗܸܫ • (hiš)
- (aspect) still, up to a time, as in the preceding time
- ܗܸܫ ܠܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠܵܐ؟ ― hiš lā ìwet zīlā? ― You still haven’t left?
- ܗܸܫ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܚܲܕ݇ ܐ݇ܚܪܹܢܵܐ ― hiš īṯ ḥa ḥrēnā ― there’s still one more.
- yet, thus far, up to the present
- ܗܸܫ ܠܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܡܸܛܝܵܐ ― hiš lā ìlēh miṭyā ― He has not arrived yet.
Synonyms edit
- (all senses): ܗܵܠܵܐ (hālā), ܗܲܠ ܐܵܕܝܼܵܐ (hal ādīyā)