ܝܚܝܕܝܐ

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac. Of the pattern 12ī3āyā or ܚܲܕ݇ (ḥa, “one”) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending); cognate to Arabic وَحِيد (waḥīd) and Hebrew יָחִיד (yakhíd).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔiːxiːðɑːjɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [xiːdɑːjɑː]

ܝܼܚܝܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ • (īḥīḏāyā) (feminine ܝܼܚܝܼܕ݂ܵܝܬܵܐ (īḥīḏāytā), plural ܝܼܚܝܼܕ݂ܵܝܹ̈ܐ (īḥīḏāyē))

1. alone, one, only
   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Genesis 22:2:

     ܘܐ݇ܡܝܼܪ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ: «ܫܩܘܿܠ ܠܐܸܒܪܘܼܟ݂ ܝܼܚܝܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ ܐܝܼܣܚܵܩ، ܕܟܹܐ ܡܲܚܒܸܬ ܠܹܗ، ܘܙܹܠ݇ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܠܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܕܡܘܼܪܝܼܵܐ؛ ܘܐܲܐܣܸܩ ܠܹܗ ܬܲܡܵܐ ܠܕܸܒ݂ܚܵܐ ܡܘܼܩܕ݂ܵܐ، ܥܲܠ ܚܲܕ݇ ܡܸܢ ܛܘܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܕܐܵܡܪܹܢ ܠܘܼܟ݂.»

     w-mīr lēh allāhā: “šqōl l-ibrōḵ īḥīḏāyā īsḥāq, d-kē maḥbit lēh, w-zē lōḵ l-arˁā d-mūrīyā; w-aˀsiq lēh tammā l-diḇḥā muqḏā, ˁal ḥa min ṭūrē d-āmrēn lōḵ.”

     And He said: ‘Take now your only son Isaac, whom you love and go to the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell you of.’

   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., John 3:16:

     ܡܸܛܠ ܗܵܕܟ݂ܵܐ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܡܘܼܚܸܒ ܠܹܗ ܠܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܕܵܐܟ݂ܝܼ ܕܝܘܼܗ݇ܒ݂ܹܠ ܠܹܗ ܠܐܸܒܪܹܗ ܝܼܚܝܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ، ܕܟܠ ܡܲܢ ܕܡܗܲܝܡܸܢ ܒܹܗ ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܛܵܠܹܩ، ܐܸܠܵܐ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܕܲܠܥܵܠܲܡ.

     miṭṭul hādḵā allāhā mūḥib lēh l-ˁālmā dāḵī d-yūḇēl lēh l-ibrēh īḥīḏāyā, d-kul man d-mhaymin bēh lā kē ṭālēq, illā hāwē lēh ḥayyē da-l-ˁālam.

     For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

2. unique, one-of-a-kind, sole

• ܝܼܚܝܼܕ݂ܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (īḥīḏāˀīṯ)
• ܝܼܚܝܼܕ݂ܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (īḥīḏāyūṯā)

ܝܼܚܝܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ • (īḥīḏāyā) m (plural ܝܼܚܝܼܕ݂ܵܝܹ̈ܐ (īḥīḏāyē), feminine ܝܼܚܝܼܕ݂ܵܝܬܵܐ (īḥīḏāytā))

1. only child; only son
2. hermit, monk, friar

   Synonyms: ܕܲܝܪܵܝܵܐ (dayrāyā), ܪܲܒܲܢ (rabban)