ܫܘܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
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ܫ ܘ ܐ (š w ˀ) |
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Compare Hebrew שָׁוֶה (shavé) and Arabic سَوِيّ (sawiyy). The sense of “colon” is a learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܫ̈ܘܲܝܵܐ (šwayyā), its plural form; compare also borrowed into Hebrew שְׁוָא (shva), therefore cognate of English schwa and doublet of ܫܘܵܐ (šwā).
Pronunciation
edit- ܫܲܘܝܵܐ:
- ܫܘܲܝܹ̈ܐ:
Adjective
editܫܲܘܝܵܐ • (šawyā) (feminine ܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (šwīṯā), plural ܫܲܘܝܹ̈ܐ (šawyē))
- equal, symmetrical, proportional, parallel
- (mathematics) equal, plane, level; smooth and even
- (colloquial) deserving, worthy, worthwhile
Derived terms
edit- ܫܲܘܝܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (šawyāˀīṯ)
- ܫܲܘܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (šawyūṯā)
Noun
editܫܘܲܝܹ̈ܐ • (šwayyē) m pl
- (typography) shwayya, the sign consisting of two vertical dots used to separate parts of a sentence in the Syriac scripts
- (typography, modern) colon
Coordinate terms
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- (Punctuation) ܦܘܼܚܵܡܵܐ (puḥḥāmā); ܢܘܼܩܙܵܐ (nuqzā, “period, full stop”), ܦܵܪܘܿܫܬܵܐ (pārōštā, “comma”), ܫܘܲܝܹ̈ܐ (šwayyē, “colon”), ܙܲܝ̈ܢܹܐ (zaynē, “semicolon”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-šuˀālā, “question mark”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܩܪܵܝܬܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-qrāytā, “exclamation mark”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܡܸܬܬܣܝܼܡܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-mittsīmānūṯā, “quotation mark”), ܢܵܩܘܿܦܵܐ (nāqōpā, “dash, hyphen”), ܣܛܵܦܵܐ (sṭāpā, “slash”), ܩܸܫܬܵܐ (qištā, “parenthesis, bracket”), ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ (kāwḵḇōnā, “asterisk”), ܓܵܕ݂ܘܿܡܵܐ (gāḏōmā), ܦܵܣܘܿܩܵܐ (pāsōqā), (Category: aii:Punctuation marks)
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- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms belonging to the root ܫ ܘ ܐ
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms borrowed from Classical Syriac
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic learned borrowings from Classical Syriac
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms derived from Classical Syriac
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic doublets
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic lemmas
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic adjectives
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with usage examples
- aii:Mathematics
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic colloquialisms
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic nouns
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic masculine nouns
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic pluralia tantum
- aii:Typography
- aii:Punctuation marks