ܝܗܘܕܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From ܝܼܗܘܼܕ݂ (īhūḏ, “Judea”), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yəhûḏâ) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending); compare Arabic يَهُودِيّ (yahūdiyy) and Hebrew יְהוּדִי (yəhûḏî).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [jəhuːðaːjaː]
- (Urmia) IPA(key): [huːdaːjaː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [huːðaːjaː]
Adjective
ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ • (huḏḏāyā) (feminine ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܬܵܐ (hūḏāytā), plural ܝܗ̈ܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܹܐ (hūḏāyē))
Noun
ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ • (huḏḏāyā) m (plural ܝܗ̈ܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܹܐ (hūḏāyē), feminine ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܬܵܐ (hūḏāytā))
- Judean (of or pertaining to Judea)
- Jew (member of the Jewish ethnicity)
- ܝܗ̈ܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܹܐ ܕܥܝܼܪܵܩ ܛܪܝܼܕ݂ܝܼ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܡܸܢ ܐܲܬ݂ܪܗܘܿܢ
- hūḏāyē dˁīrāq ṭrīḏī wā min aṯrhōn
- The Jews of Iraq were expelled from their land.
- (Judaism) Jew (follower of Judaism)
Derived terms
- ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (hūḏāyūṯā, “Judaism”)
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܝܘܕܝܐ
Etymology
From ܝܗܘܕ (yəhūḏ, “Judea”), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yəhûḏâ) + the masculine gentilic suffix ܝܐ- (-āyā). Compare Arabic يَهُودِيّ (yahūdiyy) and Hebrew יְהוּדִי (yəhûḏî).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jəhudɑjɑ/, [juðɑjɑ], [ʔihuðɑjɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): /jəhudɑje/, [juðɑje], [ʔihuðɑje] (plural)
Noun
ܝܗܘܕܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܝܗܘܕܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܗܘܕܝܬܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܝܗܘܕܝ | 1st person | ܝܗܘܕܝܝ | ܝܗܘܕܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܝܗܘܕܝ | 2nd person | ܝܗܘܕܝܟ | ܝܗܘܕܝܟܝ | ܝܗܘܕܝܟܘܢ | ܝܗܘܕܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܝܗܘܕܝܐ | 3rd person | ܝܗܘܕܝܗ | ܝܗܘܕܝܗ | ܝܗܘܕܝܗܘܢ | ܝܗܘܕܝܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܝܗܘܕܝܝܢ | 1st person | ܝܗܘܕܝܝ | ܝܗܘܕܝܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܝܗܘܕܝܝ | 2nd person | ܝܗܘܕܝܝܟ | ܝܗܘܕܝܝܟܝ | ܝܗܘܕܝܝܟܘܢ | ܝܗܘܕܝܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܝܗܘܕܝܐ | 3rd person | ܝܗܘܕܝܘܗܝ | ܝܗܘܕܝܝܗ | ܝܗܘܕܝܝܗܘܢ | ܝܗܘܕܝܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “yhwdy”, 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 139b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 189a