ܠܠܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Alternative forms
- ܠܘܿܠܵܝ (lōlāy)
Etymology
Children’s language and derived from ܠܲܝܠܹܐ (laylē, “night, nighttime”)
Pronunciation
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [lallaːjeː]
Noun
ܠܲܠܵܝܹܐ • (lallāyē) ?
Interjection
ܠܲܠܵܝܹܐ • (lallāyē)
- (childish) bedtime! let’s go sleep!
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *layl-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [leljɑ], [lɛljɑ]
Noun
ܠܹܠܝܵܐ • (lēlyā) m (plural ܠܝܠܘܬܐ or ܠܝܠܐ)
Usage notes
- The construct state of this word is not used.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܠܠܝ ,ܠܝܠܝ ,ܠܝܠܐ | 1st person | ܠܠܝܝ | ܠܠܝܢ | |||
| construct | (ܠܠܝ ,ܠܝܠܝ ,ܠܝܠܐ) | 2nd person | ܠܠܝܟ | ܠܠܝܟܝ | ܠܠܝܟܘܢ | ܠܠܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | 3rd person | ܠܠܝܗ | ܠܠܝܗ | ܠܠܝܗܘܢ | ܠܠܝܗܝܢ | |||
| plural | absolute | ܠܝܠܘܢ ,ܠܝܠܝܢ | 1st person | ܠܝܠܘܬܝ ,ܠܝܠܝ | ܠܝܠܘܬܢ ,ܠܝܠܝܢ | |||
| construct | (ܠܝܠܘܬ ,ܠܝܠܝ) | 2nd person | ܠܝܠܘܬܟ ,ܠܝܠܝܟ | ܠܝܠܘܬܟܝ ,ܠܝܠܝܟܝ | ܠܝܠܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܠܝܠܝܟܘܢ | ܠܝܠܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܠܝܠܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܠܝܠܘܬܐ ,ܠܝܠܐ | 3rd person | ܠܝܠܘܬܗ ,ܠܝܠܘܗܝ | ܠܝܠܘܬܗ ,ܠܝܠܝܗ | ܠܝܠܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܠܝܠܝܗܘܢ | ܠܝܠܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܠܝܠܝܗܝܢ | ||
Antonyms
Derived terms
- ܒܪ ܠܠܝܐ
- ܠܝܠܝ ܐܝܡܡ
- ܠܝܠܝܐ
- ܦܠܓܘܬ ܠܠܝܐ
References
- “lyly”, 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 172b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 242b
- 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 691a