-ܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
editEtymology
editCognate with Hebrew ־ָן (-án) and Arabic ـَان (-ān). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Suffix
edit-ܵܢܵܐ • (-ānā) m sg (feminine -ܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ (-ānītā), plural -ܵܢܹ̈ܐ (-ānē))
- -er, -ic, -y: suffix forming nouns and adjectives denoting having the properties of the noun the suffix is attached to
- ܫܹܐܕ݂ܵܐ (šēḏā, “demon”) + -ܢܐ (-ānā) → ܫܹܐܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ (šēḏānā, “having a demon, demonic”)
- ܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ (mayyā, “water”) + -ܢܐ (-ānā) → ܡܲܝܵܢܵܐ (mayyānā, “having water, watery”)
- ܚܸܡܵܐ (ḥimmā, “heat”) + -ܢܐ (-ānā) → ܚܸܡܵܢܵܐ (ḥimmānā, “having heat”)
- ܡܸܥܙܬܵܐ (miˁztā, “hair”) + -ܢܐ (-ānā) → ܡܸܥܙܵܢܵܐ (miˁzānā, “having hair, hairy”)
- ܥܲܡܪܵܐ (ˁamrā, “wool”) + -ܢܐ (-ānā) → ܥܲܡܪܵܢܵܐ (ˁamrānā, “having wool, wooly”)
- With the characteristic being a pigment resembling a color to a certain extent.
- ܡܲܣܡܸܩ (masmiq, “to redden”) + -ܢܐ (-ānā) → ܡܲܣܡܩܵܢܵܐ (masmqānā, “having red, reddish, slightly red”)
- ܡܲܫܥܸܬ݂ (mašˁiṯ, “to yellow”) + -ܢܐ (-ānā) → ܡܲܫܥܬ݂ܵܢܵܐ (mašˁṯānā, “having yellow, yellowish, slightly yellow”)
- ܡܲܝܪܸܩ (mayriq, “to green”) + -ܢܐ (-ānā) → ܡܲܝܪܩܵܢܵܐ ( mayrqānā, “having green, greenish, slightly green”)