ܐܫܝܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Alternative forms
- ܥܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ˁāšīṯā) — false etymology
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܐ ܫ ܬ (ˀ š t) |
| 1 term |
Inherited from Aramaic, borrowed from Akkadian 𒀀𒊓𒄿𒌅 (/asītu/, “tower, stack”). From the older meaning “column, wall, mound,” and then specialized into “avalanche”. Described already in Toma Audo’s “Treasure of the Syriac Language” with the meaning of “avalanche” in the classical variant form Classical Syriac ܐܸܫܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (“ʔiššīṯā”), likely as a vernacularism. As a place name, attested at least as early as the 12th century as the name of a village in the region of Tyari. Compare Arabic آسِيَة (ʔāsiya) and Hebrew אָשְׁיָה (ʾošyâ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܐܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (āšīṯā) f (plural ܐܵܫ̈ܝܼܵܬ݂ܵܐ (āšīyāṯā))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܵܫܝܼ (āšī) | 1st person | ܐܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܝܼ (āšīṯī) | ܐܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܲܢ (āšīṯan) | |||
| construct | ܐܵܫܝܼܬ݂ (āšīṯ) | 2nd person | ܐܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (āšīṯōḵ) | ܐܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (āšīṯāḵ) | ܐܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (āšīṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (āšīṯā) | 3rd person | ܐܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܹܗ (āšīṯēh) | ܐܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (āšīṯāh) | ܐܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (āšīṯhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܐܵܫܝܵܢ̈ (āšyān) | 1st person | ܐܵܫܝܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (āšyāṯī) | ܐܵܫܝܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (āšyāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܐܵܫܝܵܬ݂̈ (āšyāṯ) | 2nd person | ܐܵܫܝܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (āšyāṯōḵ) | ܐܵܫܝܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (āšyāṯāḵ) | ܐܵܫܝܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (āšyāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܵܫܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (āšyāṯā) | 3rd person | ܐܵܫܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܹܗ (āšyāṯēh) | ܐܵܫܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (āšyāṯāh) | ܐܵܫܝܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (āšyāṯhōn) | |||
Proper noun
ܐܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (āšīṯā) f
- Ashitha (a historically Assyrian village in Turkey, located in the district of Tyari, in the region of Hakkari)
Derived terms
- ܐܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܢܵܝܵܐ (āšīṯnāyā, “Of Ashitha”)
Descendants
- → Northern Kurdish: aşît
- → Turkish: Çığlı (calque)
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From Akkadian 𒀀𒊓𒄿𒌅 (/asītu/, “tower, stack”). Compare Arabic آسِيَة (ʔāsiya) and Hebrew אָשְׁיָה (ʾošyâ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔɑʃiθɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʔɑʃjɑθɑ], [ʔɛʃjɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܐܫܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܫܝܬܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܫܝ | 1st person | ܐܫܝܬܝ | ܐܫܝܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܫܝܬ | 2nd person | ܐܫܝܬܟ | ܐܫܝܬܟܝ | ܐܫܝܬܟܘܢ | ܐܫܝܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܫܝܬܐ | 3rd person | ܐܫܝܬܗ | ܐܫܝܬܗ | ܐܫܝܬܗܘܢ | ܐܫܝܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܐܫܝܢ | 1st person | ܐܫܝܬܝ | ܐܫܝܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܫܝܬ | 2nd person | ܐܫܝܬܟ | ܐܫܝܬܟܝ | ܐܫܝܬܟܘܢ | ܐܫܝܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܫܝܬܐ | 3rd person | ܐܫܝܬܗ | ܐܫܝܬܗ | ܐܫܝܬܗܘܢ | ܐܫܝܬܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔɛʃjɑθɑ]
Noun
ܐܫܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed)
References
- “ˀšy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 31 March 2013
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 21a
- 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 106b–107a