ܚܘܚܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic חוֹחַא (ḥōḥā, “thornbush”); compare Classical Syriac ܚܚܐ (ḥaḥḥā, “plum”), Arabic خَوْخ (ḵawḵ, “peach”) and Hebrew חוֹחַ (khóakh, “golden thistle”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [xɑw.xɑː]
- (Tyari) IPA(key): [xawːxɑː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [xoːxɑː]
Noun
ܚܲܘܚܵܐ • (ḥawḥā) m sg (plural ܚܲܘܚܹ̈ܐ (ḥawḥē))
- peach (round stone fruit with juicy yellow flesh and pinkish-yellow skin)
- (archaic) thorn, thornbush
- Synonym: ܟܸܬ݂ܘܵܐ (kiṯwā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܚܘܿܚ (ḥōḥ) | 1st person | ܚܲܘܚܝܼ (ḥawḥī) | ܚܲܘܚܲܢ (ḥawḥan) | |||
| construct | ܚܘܿܚ (ḥōḥ) | 2nd person | ܚܲܘܚܘܼܟ݂ (ḥawḥōḵ) | ܚܲܘܚܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥawḥāḵ) | ܚܲܘܚܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥawḥawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܚܲܘܚܵܐ (ḥawḥā) | 3rd person | ܚܲܘܚܹܗ (ḥawḥēh) | ܚܲܘܚܵܗ̇ (ḥawḥāh) | ܚܲܘܚܗܘܿܢ (ḥawḥhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܚܲܘܚܝܼ̈ܢ (ḥawḥīn) | 1st person | ܚܲܘܚܝܼ̈ (ḥawḥī) | ܚܲܘܚܲܢ̈ (ḥawḥan) | |||
| construct | ܚܲܘܚܲܝ̈ (ḥawḥay) | 2nd person | ܚܲܘܚܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ḥawḥōḵ) | ܚܲܘܚܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ḥawḥāḵ) | ܚܲܘܚܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥawḥawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܚܲܘܚܹ̈ܐ (ḥawḥē) | 3rd person | ܚܲܘܚܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ḥawḥūh) | ܚܲܘܚܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (ḥawḥōh) | ܚܲܘܚܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (ḥawḥayhōn) | |||
See also
- ܕܘܼܪܩܝܼܢܵܐ (durqīnā, “nectarine”)
Classical Syriac
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ħoħɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ħoħe] (plural)
Etymology 1
Noun
ܚܘܚܐ • (ḥōḥā) m (plural ܚܘܚܐ (ḥōḥē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܚܘܚ | 1st person | ܚܘܚܝ | ܚܘܚܢ | |||
| construct | ܚܘܚ | 2nd person | ܚܘܚܟ | ܚܘܚܟܝ | ܚܘܚܟܘܢ | ܚܘܚܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܚܘܚܐ | 3rd person | ܚܘܚܗ | ܚܘܚܗ | ܚܘܚܗܘܢ | ܚܘܚܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܚܘܚܝܢ | 1st person | ܚܘܚܝ | ܚܘܚܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܚܘܚܝ | 2nd person | ܚܘܚܝܟ | ܚܘܚܝܟܝ | ܚܘܚܝܟܘܢ | ܚܘܚܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܚܘܚܐ | 3rd person | ܚܘܚܘܗܝ | ܚܘܚܝܗ | ܚܘܚܝܗܘܢ | ܚܘܚܝܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
Noun
ܚܘܚܐ • (ḥōḥā) m (plural ܚܘܚܐ (ḥōḥē))
- alternative form of ܚܚܐ (ḥaḥḥā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܚܘܚ | 1st person | ܚܘܚܝ | ܚܘܚܢ | |||
| construct | ܚܘܚ | 2nd person | ܚܘܚܟ | ܚܘܚܟܝ | ܚܘܚܟܘܢ | ܚܘܚܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܚܘܚܐ | 3rd person | ܚܘܚܗ | ܚܘܚܗ | ܚܘܚܗܘܢ | ܚܘܚܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܚܘܚܝܢ | 1st person | ܚܘܚܝ | ܚܘܚܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܚܘܚܝ | 2nd person | ܚܘܚܝܟ | ܚܘܚܝܟܝ | ܚܘܚܝܟܘܢ | ܚܘܚܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܚܘܚܐ | 3rd person | ܚܘܚܘܗܝ | ܚܘܚܝܗ | ܚܘܚܝܗܘܢ | ܚܘܚܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “ḥwḥ”, 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 99b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 130a
- 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, page 422b