-ܘܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *-at- as abstract/collective nouns-forming suffix; compare Hebrew ־וּת (-út) and Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [uːtɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [uːθɑː]

Suffix

-ܘܼܬܵܐ • (-ūtā) f (plural -ܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (-wātē) or -ܘܼܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ (-uyātē))

2. -ness, -ity, -ism, -hood suffix forming abstract nouns, from adjectives and other words.

   ‎ܪܲܒܵܐ (rabbā, “great”) + ‎-ܘܬܐ (-utā) → ‎ܪܲܒܘܼܬܵܐ (rabūtā, “greatness”)

   ‎ܡܸܫܬܲܐܠܵܢܵܐ (mištaˀlānā, “responsible”) + ‎-ܘܬܐ (-utā) → ‎ܡܸܫܬܲܐܠܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ (mištaˀlānūtā, “responsibility”)

   ‎ܒܪܝܼܬܵܐ (brītā, “creation”) + ‎-ܢܝܐ (-nāyā) + ‎-ܘܬܐ (-utā) → ‎ܒܪܝܼܬܵܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (brītānāyūtā, “creationism”)

   ‎ܐܲܚܵܐ (aḥḥā, “brother”) + ‎-ܘܬܐ (-utā) → ‎ܐܲܚܘܼܬܵܐ (aḥūtā, “brotherhood”)

   ‎ܚܹܐܪܵܐ (ḥērā, “free”) + ‎-ܘܬܐ (-utā) → ‎ܚܹܐܪܘܼܬܵܐ (ḥērūtā, “freedom”)

   ‎ܡܲܠܟܵܐ (malkā, “king”) + ‎-ܘܬܐ (-utā) → ‎ܡܲܠܟܘܼܬܵܐ (malkūtā, “kingdom”)

   ‎ܫܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (šaḇrā, “child”) + ‎-ܘܬܐ (-utā) → ‎ܫܲܒ݂ܪܘܼܬܵܐ (šaḇrūtā, “childhood”)

   ‎ܚܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (ḥaḇrā, “friend”) + ‎-ܘܬܐ (-utā) → ‎ܚܲܒ݂ܪܘܼܬܵܐ (ḥaḇrūtā, “friendship”)

Usage notes

• The plural -ܘܬܐ (-wātē) becomes -ܘܬܐ (-āwātē) if the word ends with ܝ, or ܘ:

  ‎ܣܸܡܝܵܐ (simyā, “blind”) + ‎-ܘܬܐ (-utā) → ‎ܣܸܡܝܘܼܬܵܐ (simyutā, “blindness”), ܣܸܡܝܵܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (simyāwātē, “blindnesses”)

  ‎ܢܒ݂ܝܼܵܐ (nḇīyā, “prophet”) + ‎-ܘܬܐ (-utā) → ‎ܢܒ݂ܝܼܘܼܬܵܐ (nḇīyutā, “prophesy”), ܢܒ݂ܝܼܵܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (nḇīyāwātē, “prophesies”)

Derived terms

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms suffixed with -ܘܬܐ