-ܝܐ

See also: ܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy), Hebrew ־ִי (-í) and Akkadian -ī.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ɑːjɑː]

Suffix

-ܵܝܵܐ • (-āyā) m sg (plural -ܵܝܹ̈ܐ (-āyē), feminine -ܵܝܬܵܐ (-āytā))

2. -ic, -ish, -an, -al, -ous suffix with the meaning “related to”, “of or pertaining to”.

   ‎ܒܸܪܩܵܐ (birqā, “lightning; electricity”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܒܸܪܩܵܝܵܐ (birqāyā, “electrical”)

   ‎ܗܵܘܵܐ (hāwā, “air”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܗܵܘܵܝܵܐ (hāwāyā, “aerial”)

   ‎ܝܲܡܡܹ̈ܐ (yammē, “the seas”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܝܲܡܡܵܝܵܐ (yammāyā, “marine”)

   ‎ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܐ (mākēnā, “machine”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܝܵܐ (mākēnāyā, “mechanic”)

4. suffix forming from place names nouns with the meaning “person related to”

   ‎ܐܵܫܘܿܪ (āšōr, “Assyria”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ (āšōrāyā, “Assyrian”)

   ‎ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ (nīnwē, “Nineveh”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܢܝܼܢܘܵܝܵܐ (nīnwāyā, “Ninevite”)

   ‎ܐܘܿܪܸܫܠܸܡ (ōrišlim, “Jerusalem”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܐܘܿܪܸܫܠܡܵܝܵܐ (ōrišlmāyā, “Jerusalemite”)

5. suffix forming from cardinal numbers to ordinal numbers

   ‎ܬܠܵܬܵܐ (tlātā, “three”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܬܠܝܼܬܵܝܵܐ (tlītāyā, “third”)

   ‎ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ (arbˁā, “four”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܵܐ (rḇīˁāyā, “fourth”)

   ‎ܚܲܡܫܵܐ (ḥamšā, “five”) + ‎-ܝܐ (-āyā) → ‎ܚܡܝܼܫܵܝܵܐ (ḥmīšāyā, “fifth”)

Derived terms

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms suffixed with -ܝܐ
• -ܢܝܐ (-nāyā, “the intensive attributive adjective”)

See also

• -ܵܢܵܐ (-ānā)