ܣܢܝܩܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܣ ܢ ܩ (s n q)
3 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic סְנִיקָא (snīqā, “lacking, needful”)

Adjective

ܣܢܝܼܩܵܐ • (snīqā) (feminine ܣܢܝܼܩܬܵܐ (snīqtā), plural ܣܢܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ (snīqē))

1. lacking, needful, needing, in need

   ܫܘܼܟܸܢܝܼ ܠܒ݂ܘܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܕܒܪܘܿܢܝܼ ܟܒ݂ܲܪ ܓܘܼܪܘܸܣ ܠܹܗ ܝܲܬܝܼܪܵܐܝܼܬ ܠܝܵܠܹ̈ܕ݇ܐ ܣܢܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ ܘܡܸܣܟܹܝܢܹ̈ܐ.

   šūkinī lḇūšē d-brōnī kḇar gūrwis lēh yatīrāˀīt l-yālē snīqē w-miskēnē.

   I donated the clothes my son outgrew to help children in need and poor.

2. to need (with ܠ- (l-) or ܥܲܠ (ˁal))

   ܣܢܝܼܩܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܥܲܠ ܥܘܼܕܪܵܢܵܐ؟ ― snīqā ìwet ˁal ˁudrānā? ― Do you need help?

   ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܣܢܝܼܩܵܐ ܠܟܬܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܚܲܕܬܵܐ ― bit hāwē snīqā l-ktāḇā ḥadtā ― I will need a new book.

   ܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܐܝܼܬ ܫܩܝܼܠ ܠܲܢ ܣܘܼܦܩܵܢܵܐ ܕܪܵܒܵܐ ܣܢܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܒܩܲܝܛܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܹܗ.

   ḥārāˀīt šqīl lan supqānā d-rābā snīqē ìwaḥ wā b-qayṭā d-ˁḇīrēh.

   We finally took the vacation we were really needing last summer.

   • 1 Corinthians 12:21:

     ܥܲܝܢܵܐ ܠܹܐ ܡܵܨܝܵܐ ܐܵܡܪܵܐ ܠܐܝܼܕܵܐ: «ܠܹܐ ܝܘܵܢ ܣܢܝܼܩܬܵܐ ܐܸܠܵܟ݂ܝ»؛ ܘܪܹܝܫܵܐ ܠܹܐ ܡܵܨܹܐ ܐܵܡܹܪ ܠܪܸܓ݂ܠܵܐ: «ܠܹܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܣܢܝܼܩܵܐ ܐܸܠܵܟ݂ܝ».

     ˁaynā lē māṣyā āmrā l-īdā: “lē ìwān snīqtā illāḵ”; w-rēšā lē māṣē āmēr l-riḡlā: “lē ìwen snīqā illāḵ”.

     The eye cannot say to the hand: “I do not need you”; nor again the head to the foot: “I do not need you.”

Usage notes

• (to need): While ܣܢܝܼܩܵܐ (snīqā) is an adjective, it is used in much the same way as a present-tense verb.

Related terms

• ܣܵܢܹܩ (sānēq, “to require, be necessary, be in need”)