ܘܠܝܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܘ ܠ ܐ (w l ˀ)
3 terms

Etymology

From the active participle of the defective verb ܘܵܠܹܐ (wālē, “must, have to”) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [wɑːləjɑːjɑː]

Adjective

ܘܵܠܝܵܝܵܐ • (wālyāyā) (feminine ܘܵܠܝܵܝܬܵܐ (wālyāytā), plural ܘܵܠܝܵܝܹ̈ܐ (wālyāyē))

  1. necessary, indispensable, unavoidable, essential, inevitable, inescapable, requisite
  2. binding, obligatory, incumbent, imperative
  3. proper, adequate, fair

Derived terms

  • ܘܵܠܝܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (wālyāˀīṯ)
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