ܐܝܬܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, nominalized from the adverb ܐܝܼܬ݂ (īṯ, “there is”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔiːθjɑː]
Noun
ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܵܐ • (īṯyā) m (plural ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܹ̈ܐ (īṯyē))
- entity, being
- ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܹ̈ܐ ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ― īṯyē ḥayyē ― living beings
- ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܹ̈ܐ ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܹܐ ― īṯyē rūḥānāyē ― spiritual beings
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܹܐ (īṯē) | 1st person | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܝܼ (īṯyī) | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܲܢ (īṯyan) | |||
| construct | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܹܐ (īṯē) | 2nd person | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܘܼܟ݂ (īṯyōḵ) | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܵܟ݂ܝ (īṯyāḵ) | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (īṯyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܵܐ (īṯyā) | 3rd person | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܹܗ (īṯyēh) | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܵܗ̇ (īṯyāh) | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܗܘܿܢ (īṯihōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܝܼ̈ܢ (īṯyīn) | 1st person | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܝܼ̈ (īṯyī) | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܲܢ̈ (īṯyan) | |||
| construct | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܲܝ̈ (īṯyay) | 2nd person | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (īṯyōḵ) | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (īṯyāḵ) | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (īṯyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܹ̈ܐ (īṯyē) | 3rd person | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܘܼ̈ܗܝ (īṯyūh) | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (īṯyōh) | ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (īṯyayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܵܝܵܐ (īṯyāyā)
- ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܼܐܹܝܠ (īṯīˀēl)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Modified from ܐܝܬ (ʾīṯ). Compare Aramaic אית (e(j)ṯ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔiθjɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʔiθje] (plural)
Noun
ܐܝܬܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܝܬܝܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܝܬܝ | 1st person | ܐܝܬܝܝ | ܐܝܬܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܝܬܝ | 2nd person | ܐܝܬܝܟ | ܐܝܬܝܟܝ | ܐܝܬܝܟܘܢ | ܐܝܬܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܝܬܝܐ | 3rd person | ܐܝܬܝܗ | ܐܝܬܝܗ | ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ | ܐܝܬܝܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܐܝܬܝܝܢ | 1st person | ܐܝܬܝܝ | ܐܝܬܝܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܝܬܝܝ | 2nd person | ܐܝܬܝܝܟ | ܐܝܬܝܝܟܝ | ܐܝܬܝܝܟܘܢ | ܐܝܬܝܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܝܬܝܐ | 3rd person | ܐܝܬܝܘܗܝ | ܐܝܬܝܝܗ | ܐܝܬܝܝܗܘܢ | ܐܝܬܝܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “ˀyty”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 8b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 15a
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, pages 39a–b