ܚܘܘܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Alternative forms edit
- ܚܸܘܘܹܐ (ḥiwwē), ܚܸܘܹܐ (ḥiwwē)
Etymology edit
From חִיוֵי (ḥəwē)/ܚܘܹܐ (ḥwē), the absolute form of Aramaic חֶוְיָא (ḥewyā, “snake”); compare Lishana Deni כוויה (xuwwe), Classical Syriac ܚܘܝܐ (ḥewyā) and Arabic حَيَّة (ḥayya).
Pronunciation edit
- (standard) IPA(key): [ˈxuwːweː]
- (Ashiret, Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ˈxuː.wä], [ˈxʊw.wä], [ˈxuː.we], [ˈxʊw.we]
- (Urmian) IPA(key): [ˈxuː.vɒ], [ˈxuː.vi]
Noun edit
ܚܘܼܘܹܐ • (ḥūwē) m sg (plural ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (ḥūwāṯē), feminine ܚܘܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥwāwīṯā))
Proper noun edit
ܚܘܼܘܹܐ • (ḥūwē) m
Inflection edit
Inflection of ܚܘܼܘܹܐ (ḥūwē)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܚܘܼܘܝܼ (ḥūwī) |
ܚܘܼܘܲܢ (ḥūwan) | ||
| construct | ܚܸܘܘܲܝ (ḥiwway) |
2nd person | ܚܘܘܘܼܟ݂ (ḥwwūḵ) |
ܚܘܼܘܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥūwāḵ) |
ܚܘܼܘܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥūwāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܚܘܼܘܹܐ (ḥūwē) |
3rd person | ܚܘܼܘܘܼܗ̇ܝ (ḥūwūwaya) |
ܚܘܼܘܘܿܗ̇ (ḥūwōh) |
ܚܘܼܘܗܘܿܢ (ḥūwhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (ḥūwāṯī) |
ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (ḥūwāṯan) | ||
| construct | ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ (ḥūwāṯ) |
2nd person | ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ḥūwāṯūḵ) |
ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ḥūwāṯāḵ) |
ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥūwāṯāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (ḥūwāṯē) |
3rd person | ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ (ḥūwāṯēh) |
ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (ḥūwāṯāh) |
ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (ḥūwāṯhōn) | ||
Derived terms edit
- ܚܸܘܝܵܝܵܐ (ḥiwyāyā, “snake-like, serpentine”)
- ܚܘܼܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥūwīṯā, “small snake”)
- ܚܸܘܝܘܿܢܵܐ (ḥiwyōnā, “small snake”)
References edit
- “ܚܘܼܘܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2016 March 20 (last accessed)
- “ܚܘܼܘܹܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2022 December 8 (last accessed)
- Kalašev, A. (1894) “х̔уввӓ”, in Русско-айсорский и айсорско-русский словарь (Сборник материалов для описания местностей и племен Кавказа; 20), Tiflis, page 392a
- Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܚܘܼܘܵܐ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 94a