ܬܫܪܝܘܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܬܫܪ̈ܝܘܬܐ

Etymology

From a pluralized form of ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ (tišrīn), from Akkadian 𒌨𒊑𒌓 (/⁠Tašrītu⁠/, literally “beginning, beginning of the second half of the year (starting with spring's first fruits), the seventh month”). Compare Turoyo ܬܷܫܪ̈ܳܝܳܬ݂ܶܐ (tëšroyoṯe) and Classical Syriac ܬܫܪܝܬܐ (tešr(ə)yāṯā)/ܬܫܪܝܘܬܐ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [tɪʃ.rjɑːwɑːteː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɪryawaːθa]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃeːri.jaːwɑːteː]

Noun

ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܹܐ • (tišryāwātē) m pl

1. autumn, fall (season when deciduous trees lose their leaves)

   ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܥܵܪܹܒ݂ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܒܟ݂ܝܼܪܵܐܝܼܬ ܒܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܹܐ، ܘܟܠܵܝܗܝ ܛܲܪ̈ܦܹܐ ܟܹܐ ܢܵܦܠܝܼ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܝܼܠܵܢܹ̈ܐ.

   šimšā kē ˁārēḇ yatīr bḵīrāˀīt btišryāwātē, w-kullāyh ṭarpē kē nāplī min īlānē.

   The sun sets earlier in Autumn, and all the leaves start falling from the trees.

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܹܐ (tišryāwātē)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܝܼ (tišryāwātī)		ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܲܢ (tišryāwātan)
	construct	ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬ (tišryāwāt)	2nd person	ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܘܼܟ݂ (tišryāwātūḵ)	ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ (tišryāwātāḵ)	ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tišryāwātāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܹܐ (tišryāwātē)	3rd person	ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܘܼܗܝ (tišryāwātūh)	ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܘܿܗ̇ (tišryāwātōh)	ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܗܘܿܢ (tišryāwāthōn)

Derived terms

• ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢܵܝܵܐ (tišrīnāyā, “autumnal”)
• ܫܲܘܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢܵܝܬܵܐ (šawyūtā tišrīnāytā, “autumnal equinox”)

See also

(seasons) ܐܸܩܡܹ̈ܐ (iqmē); ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (rḇīˁā) or ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢܝܼ̈ܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bēy nīsānē, “spring”), ܩܲܝܛܵܐ (qayṭā, “summer”), ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܹܐ (tišryāwātē, “autumn”), ܣܸܬܘܵܐ (sitwā, “winter”), ^{(Category: aii:Seasons)}

References

• “ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܹܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2023 February 23 (last accessed)