ܝܠܕܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
editEtymology
edit| Root |
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| ܘ ܠ ܕ (w l d) |
| 9 terms |
Derived as a feminine form of ܝܲܠܕܵܐ (yaldā, “boy, male child”) which has a variant also proposed to be borrowed from Arabic عِيَال (ʕiyāl, “children”); compare Hebrew יַלְדָּה (yaldá).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editܝܲܠܕܬܵܐ • (yaldtā) f (plural ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (yaldāṯē) or ܝܲܠܕܹ̈ܐ (yaldē), masculine ܝܲܠܕܵܐ (yaldā))
- girl, female child
- ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܟܹܐ ܪܵܒ݂ܝܵܐ، ܝܲܠܕܬܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܝܫܵܐ ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ. ― īman d-kē rāḇyā, yaldtā bit pāyšā baḵtā. ― When she grows up, the girl will become a woman.
- woman as either a compliment or an insult
Inflection
editInflection of ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܵܐ (yaldṯā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
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| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܝܼ (yaldṯī) |
ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܲܢ (yaldṯan) | ||
| construct | ܝܲܠܕܲܬ݂ (yaldaṯ) |
2nd person | ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (yaldṯūḵ) |
ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (yaldṯāḵ) |
ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (yaldṯāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܵܐ (yaldṯā) |
3rd person | ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܹܗ (yaldṯēh) |
ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (yaldṯāh) |
ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (yaldṯhōn) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (yaldāṯī) |
ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (yaldāṯan) | ||
| construct | ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂̈ (yaldāṯ) |
2nd person | ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (yaldāṯūḵ) |
ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (yaldāṯāḵ) |
ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (yaldāṯāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (yaldāṯē) |
3rd person | ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ (yaldāṯūh) |
ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂̈ܘܿܗ̇ (yaldāṯōh) |
ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (yaldāṯhōn) | ||