ܣܘܪܝܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܐ (sūrīyā, “Syria”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending), neologism recomposed identical to the original standard form to avoid ambiguity with ܣܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (surrāyā, “Assyrian, Syriac; Christian”), which is argued by some to be directly borrowed from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), possibly via the variants assūrāyu (Attested in Neo-Assyrian) or sūrāyu (7th century BC). Doublet of ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ (āšōrāyā), ܐܵܬ݂ܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ (āṯōrāyā), and ܣܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (surrāyā, “Syriac”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [su.rˈjɑːjɑː]
Adjective
ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝܵܐ • (suryāyā) (feminine ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝܬܵܐ (suryāytā), plural ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܝܹܐ (suryāyē))
- Syrian (of, from, or pertaining to the Syrian Arab Republic)
Noun
ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝܵܐ • (suryāyā) m (plural ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܝܹܐ (suryāyē), feminine ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝܬܵܐ (suryāytā))
- Syrian (person from the Syrian Arab Republic or of Syrian descent)
Usage notes
- Sometimes ܕܲܪܡܣܘܿܩܵܝܵܐ (darmsōqāyā, literally “Damascene”) is also used to avoid ambiguity.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝ (suryāy) | 1st person | ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝܝܼ (suryāyī) | ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝܲܢ (suryāyan) | |||
| construct | ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝ (suryāy) | 2nd person | ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (suryāyōḵ) | ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (suryāyāḵ) | ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (suryāyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝܵܐ (suryāyā) | 3rd person | ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝܹܗ (suryāyēh) | ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝܵܗ̇ (suryāyāh) | ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝܗܘܿܢ (suryāyhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܝܝܼܢ (suryāyīn) | 1st person | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܝܝܼ (suryāyī) | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܝܲܢ (suryāyan) | |||
| construct | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܝܲܝ (suryāyay) | 2nd person | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (suryāyōḵ) | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (suryāyāḵ) | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܝܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (suryāyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܝܹܐ (suryāyē) | 3rd person | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܝܘܼܗܝ (suryāyūh) | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܝܘܼܗ̇ (suryāyōh) | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܝܲܝܗܘܿܢ (suryāyayhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܣܘܪܝܐ, ܣܘܪܝܐܐ (rare)
Etymology
From ܣܘܪܝܐ (swriyā, “Syria”) + -ܝܐ (-yā, the attributive adjective ending). The standard form itself is first attested in the writings of Philoxenus of Mabbug in the 5th-6th century. The alternative form ܣܘܪܝܐ is argued by some to be directly borrowed from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), possibly via the variants assūrāyu (Attested in Neo-Assyrian) or sūrāyu (7th century BC). Doublet of ܐܬܘܪܝܐ and possibly ܐܣܘܪܝܐ (“Isaurian”). Also found in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܣܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (surrāyā) and Turoyo ܣܘܪܳܝܐ (suroyo) with a deletion of the first /j/.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [surjɑjɑ]
Noun
ܣܘܪܝܝܐ • (suryāyā) (feminine ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ, masculine plural ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, feminine plural ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ)