ܐܘܛܘܒܘܣ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔaw.tˤoːbus.]
Noun
ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣ • (awṭōbūs) m or f (plural ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼ̈ܣܵܬ݂ܵܐ (awṭōbūsāṯā) or ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣܹ̈ܐ (awṭōbūsē))
- bus, autobus (motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads)
- ܚܘܼܛܵܐ ܕܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣ ܟܹܐ ܡܫܲܠܸܡ ܒܡܲܟ݂ܠܝܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܕܢܘܼܗܲܕܪܵܐ.
- ḥūṭā d-awṭōbūs kē mšallim b-maḵlyā ˁal urḥā d-nūhadrā.
- The bus line finishes at the stop on Nohadra Road.
Usage notes
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic speakers sometimes treat this term as if it were grammatically female, because vehicles such as ܪܲܕܵܝܬܵܐ (raddāytā, “car”) or ܛܲܝܵܣܬܵܐ (ṭayyāstā, “airplane”) are usually grammatically feminine.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣ (awṭōbūs) | 1st person | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣܝܼ (awṭōbūsī) | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣܲܢ (awṭōbūsan) | |||
| construct | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣ (awṭōbūs) | 2nd person | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣܘܼܟ݂ (awṭōbūsōḵ) | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣܵܟ݂ܝ (awṭōbūsāḵ) | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (awṭōbūsawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣ (awṭōbūs) | 3rd person | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣܹܗ (awṭōbūsēh) | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣܵܗ̇ (awṭōbūsāh) | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣܗܘܿܢ (awṭōbushōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣܵܢ̈ (awṭōbūsān) | 1st person | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (awṭōbūsāṯī) | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (awṭōbūsāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣܵܬ݂̈ (awṭōbūsāṯ) | 2nd person | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (awṭōbūsāṯōḵ) | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (awṭōbūsāṯāḵ) | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (awṭōbūsāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼ̈ܣܵܬ݂ܵܐ (awṭōbūsāṯā) | 3rd person | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼ̈ܣܵܬ݂ܹܗ (awṭōbūsāṯēh) | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼ̈ܣܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (awṭōbūsāṯāh) | ܐܲܘܛܘܿܒܘܼܣܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (awṭōbūsāṯhōn) | |||
See also
- ܡܲܘܒܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mawblānīṯā)