ܐܣܛܪܛܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Latin strāta; reinforced in its modern sense of “highway/freeway” as an allusion to French autostrade, Arabic أَوْتُوسْتْرَاد (ʔawtūstrād) and Hebrew אוֹטוֹסְטְרָדָה (otostrada); compare also borrowed into Arabic صِرَاط (ṣirāṭ, “path, way, road”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.tˤrɑːtˤɑː]
Noun
ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ • (isṭrāṭā) m or f (plural ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܹܐ (isṭrāṭē))
- highway, freeway (main public road, high-speed thoroughfare)
- ܣܵܟ݂ܵܐ ܕܣܘܼܪܗܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܐܸܡܐܵܐ ܟܝܼܠܘܿܡܝܼܛܪܹ̈ܐ ܓܲܘ ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ.
- sāḵā d-surhāḇā ˁal isṭrāṭā ìlēh imˀā kīlōmīṭrē gaw šāˁṯā.
- The speed limit on the highway is a hundred kilometres per hour.
- street, paved road
Usage notes
This word is traditionally masculine in it's original sense of “street/paved road”, but is feminine in the modern sense of “highway/freeway” due to it being influenced by French autostrade and Hebrew אוֹטוֹסְטְרָדָה (otostrada).
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛ (isṭrāṭ) | 1st person | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܝܼ (isṭrāṭī) | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܲܢ (isṭrāṭan) | |||
| construct | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛ (isṭrāṭ) | 2nd person | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܘܼܟ݂ (isṭrāṭōḵ) | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܟ݂ܝ (isṭrāṭāḵ) | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ (isṭrāṭā) | 3rd person | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܹܗ (isṭrāṭēh) | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܗ̇ (isṭrāṭāh) | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܗܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܝܼܢ (isṭrāṭīn) | 1st person | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܝܼ (isṭrāṭī) | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܲܢ (isṭrāṭan) | |||
| construct | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܲܝ (isṭrāṭay) | 2nd person | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܘܼܟ݂ (isṭrāṭōḵ) | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܵܟ݂ܝ (isṭrāṭāḵ) | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܹܐ (isṭrāṭē) | 3rd person | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܘܼܗܝ (isṭrāṭūh) | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܘܼܗ̇ (isṭrāṭōh) | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܲܝܗܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭayhōn) | |||