ܝܗܘܕܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From ܝܼܗܘܼܕ݂ (īhūḏ, “Judea”), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yəhûḏâ) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending); compare Arabic يَهُودِيّ (yahūdiyy) and Hebrew יְהוּדִי (yəhûḏî).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [jəhuːðaːjaː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [huːdaːjaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [huːðaːjaː]

Adjective

ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ • (huḏḏāyā) (feminine ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܬܵܐ (hūḏāytā), plural ܝܗ̈ܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܹܐ (hūḏāyē))

1. Judean
2. Jewish (being a Jew, or relating to Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture)

Noun

ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ • (huḏḏāyā) m (plural ܝܗ̈ܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܹܐ (hūḏāyē), feminine ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܬܵܐ (hūḏāytā))

1. Judean (of or pertaining to Judea)
2. Jew (member of the Jewish ethnicity)

   ܝܗ̈ܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܹܐ ܕܥܝܼܪܵܩ ܗܘܲܘ ܛܪ̈ܝܼܕ݂ܹܐ ܡܸܢ ܐܲܬ݂ܪܗܘܿܢ

   hūḏāyē dˁīrāq hwaw ṭrīḏē min aṯrhōn

   The Jews of Iraq were expelled from their land.

3. (Judaism) Jew (follower of Judaism)

Derived terms

• ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (hūḏāyūṯā, “Judaism”)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܝܘܕܝܐ

Etymology

From ܝܗܘܕ (yəhūḏ, “Judea”), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yəhûḏâ) + the masculine gentilic suffix ܝܐ- (-āyāʾ). Compare Arabic يَهُودِيّ (yahūdiyy) and Hebrew יְהוּדִי (yəhûḏî).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jəhudɑjɑ/, [juðɑjɑ], [ʔihuðɑjɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): /jəhudɑje/, [juðɑje], [ʔihuðɑje] (plural)

Noun

ܝܗܘܕܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܝܗܘܕܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܗܘܕܝܬܐ)

1. Judean
2. (Judaism) Jew

Inflection

    inflection of ܝܗܘܕܝܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܝܗܘܕܝ	ܝܗܘܕܝܝܢ
construct	ܝܗܘܕܝ	ܝܗܘܕܝܝ
emphatic	ܝܗܘܕܝܐ	ܝܗܘܕܝܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܝܗܘܕܝܝ	ܝܗܘܕܝܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܝܗܘܕܝܟ	ܝܗܘܕܝܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܝܗܘܕܝܟܝ	ܝܗܘܕܝܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܝܗܘܕܝܗ	ܝܗܘܕܝܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܝܗܘܕܝܗ	ܝܗܘܕܝܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܝܗܘܕܝܢ	ܝܗܘܕܝܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܝܗܘܕܝܟܘܢ	ܝܗܘܕܝܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܝܗܘܕܝܟܝܢ	ܝܗܘܕܝܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܝܗܘܕܝܗܘܢ	ܝܗܘܕܝܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܝܗܘܕܝܗܝܢ	ܝܗܘܕܝܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܝܗܘܕܝܘܬܐ

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: հրեայ (hreay)
• → Arabic: يَهُودِيّ (yahūdiyy)

References

• “yhwdy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 139b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 189a