ܡܬ-

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, part of the Gt and Dt stems and in some modern neologisms reinterpreted or misinterpreted as a prefix.

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [mɪθ-]

ܡܸܬ݂- • (miṯ-)

1. -able, -ible forms part of the active nouns and adjectives for ithpeel and ithpaal construction verbs, meaning: able to be done or due to be

   ܡܸܬ݂ܩܲܒܲܠ (miṯqabbal) = ‎ܡܸܬ݂- (miṯ-) + ‎ܡܸܬ݂ܩܲܒܸܠ (miṯqabbil) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܸܬ݂ܩܲܒܠܵܢܵܐ (miṯqablānā, “acceptable”)

   ܡܸܬ݂ܦܲܚܲܠ (miṯpaḥḥal) = ‎ܡܸܬ݂- (miṯ-) + ‎ܡܦܲܚܸܠ (mpaḥḥil) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܸܬ݂ܦܲܚܠܵܢܵܐ (miṯpaḥlānā, “pardonable”)

   ܡܸܬ݂ܦܪܸܥ (miṯpriˁ) = ‎ܡܸܬ݂- (miṯ-) + ‎ܦܵܪܹܥ (pārēˁ) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܸܬ݂ܦܲܪܥܵܢܵܐ (miṯparˁānā, “payable”)

   ܡܸܬ݂ܥܒ݂ܸܕ݂ (miṯˁḇiḏ) = ‎ܡܸܬ݂- (miṯ-) + ‎ܥܵܒ݂ܹܕ݂ (ˁāḇēḏ) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܸܬ݂ܥܲܒ݂ܕܵܢܵܐ (miṯˁaḇdānā, “doable”)

   ܡܸܬ݂ܐܟ݂ܸܠ (miṯˀḵil) = ‎ܡܸܬ݂- (miṯ-) + ‎ܐܵܟ݂ܹܠ (āḵēl) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܸܬ݂ܐܲܟ݂ܠܵܢܵܐ (miṯaḵlānā, “edible”)

   ܡܸܬ݂ܚܙܹܐ (miṯḥzē) = ‎ܡܸܬ݂- (miṯ-) + ‎ܚܵܙܹܐ (ḥāzē) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܸܬ݂ܚܲܙܝܵܢܵܐ (miṯḥazyānā, “visible”)

• The suffix changes if its first radical consonant is one of the following letters:
  • If the first radical consonant is ܣ or ܫ, it switches places with the ܬ (metathesis):

    ܡܸܫܬܹܐ (mištē) = ‎ܡܸܬ݂- (miṯ-) + ‎ܫܵܬ݂ܹܐ (šāṯē) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܸܫܬܲܬܝܵܢܵܐ (mištatyānā, “drinkable”)

    ܡܸܫܬܲܚܠܸܦ (mištaḥlip) = ‎ܡܸܬ݂- (miṯ-) + ‎ܡܫܲܚܠܸܦ (mšaḥlip) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܸܫܬܲܚܠܦܵܢܵܐ (“changeable”)

    ܡܸܣܬܪܸܒ݂ (mistriḇ) = ‎ܡܸܬ݂- (miṯ-) + ‎ܣܵܪܹܒ݂ (sārēḇ) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܸܣܬܲܪܒ݂ܵܢܵܐ (“deniable”)

    ܡܸܣܬܚܹܐ (mistḥē) = ‎ܡܸܬ݂- (miṯ-) + ‎ܣܵܚܹܐ (sāḥē) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܸܣܬܲܚܝܵܢܵܐ (“deniable”)

  • If the first radical consonant is ܙ, it switches places with ܬ (metathesis) and changes to a ܕ (:

    ܡܸܙܕܲܒܸܢ (mizdabbin) = ‎ܡܸܬ݂- (miṯ-) + ‎ܡܙܲܒܸܢ (mzabbin) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܸܙܕܲܒܢܵܢܵܐ (mizdabnānā, “sellable”)

    ܡܸܙܕܡܸܪ (mizdmir) = ‎ܡܸܬ݂- (miṯ-) + ‎ܙܵܡܹܪ (zāmēr) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܸܙܕܲܡܪܵܢܵܐ (mizdamrānā, “singable”)

  • If the first radical consonant is ܨ, it switches places with ܬ (metathesis) and the /t/ changes to a ܛ (“/ṭ/”) (emphaticization):

    ‎ܡܸܬ݂- (miṯ-) + ‎ܨܵܠܹܡ (ṣālēm) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܸܨܛܲܠܡܵܢܵܐ (miṣṭalyānā, “imaginable”)

    ‎ܡܸܬ݂- (miṯ-) + ‎ܨܵܠܹܐ (ṣālē) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܸܨܛܲܠܝܵܢܵܐ (miṣṭalmānā, “descendable”)

  • If the first radical consonant is ܛ, it switches places with ܬ (metathesis) and the /t/ does not become /θ/

• ܡܸܬܬܲ- (mitta-)