ܟܡܝܘܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From ܟܡܵܐ (kmā, “how much, how many”) + -ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (-ūṯā, the abstract noun ending); compare Hebrew כַּמּוּת (kamút) and Arabic كَمِّيَّة (kammiyya).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [kəmɑːjuːθɑː]
Noun
ܟܡܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (kmāyūṯā) f (plural ܟܡܵܝ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (kmāywāṯā))
- amount, quantity
- ܕܵܐܟ݂ܝܼܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܟܡܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܐܵܢܲܢܩܵܝܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇.
- dāḵīyūṯā ˁal kmāyūṯā yatīr ānanqāytā ìlāh.
- Quality over quantity matters more.
- ܕܪܝܼ ܟܡܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܙܥܘܿܪܬܵܐ ܕܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ ܠܓܲܘ ܠܲܩܢܵܐ.
- drī kmāyūṯā zˁōrtā d-mayyā l-gaw laqnā.
- Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܡܵܝܘܼ (kmāyū) | 1st person | ܟܡܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܝܼ (kmāyūṯī) | ܟܡܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܲܢ (kmāyūṯan) | |||
| construct | ܟܡܵܝܘܼܬ݂ (kmāyūṯ) | 2nd person | ܟܡܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (kmāyūṯōḵ) | ܟܡܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (kmāyūṯāḵ) | ܟܡܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kmāyūṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟܡܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (kmāyūṯā) | 3rd person | ܟܡܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܹܗ (kmāyūṯēh) | ܟܡܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (kmāyūṯāh) | ܟܡܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (kmāyuṯhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܟܡܵܝܘܵܢ̈ (kmāywān) | 1st person | ܟܡܵܝܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (kmāywāṯī) | ܟܡܵܝܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (kmāywāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܟܡܵܝܘܵܬ݂̈ (kmāywāṯ) | 2nd person | ܟܡܵܝܘܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (kmāywāṯōḵ) | ܟܡܵܝܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (kmāywāṯāḵ) | ܟܡܵܝܘܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kmāywāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟܡܵܝ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (kmāywāṯā) | 3rd person | ܟܡܵܝ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ (kmāywāṯēh) | ܟܡܵܝ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (kmāywāṯāh) | ܟܡܵܝܘܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (kmāywāṯhōn) | |||