ܥܢܝܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Derived from Aramaic [Term?], with the last 3 senses being semantic loan from Hebrew עִנְיָן ('inyán), its cognate.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʕɪn.jɑːnɑː]
Noun
ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ • (ˁinyānā) m sg (plural ܥܸܢܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ˁinyānē))
- response to an objection in formal disputation
- matter, issue
- Synonym: ܫܲܪܒܵܐ (šarbā)
- ܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܒܗܵܢܵܐ؟
- mā ìlēh ˁinyānā b-hānā?
- What's the matter with this?
- business
- Synonym: ܫܘܼܓ݂ܠܵܐ (šuḡlā)
- ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܓܡܵܪܵܐ ― ˁinyānā d-lā gmārā ― unfinished business
- ܠܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܥܸܢܝܵܢܘܼܟ݂ ― lā ìlēh ˁinyānōḵ ― It’s none of your business
- interest, something one finds interesting
- ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܹܗ ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܒܗܵܢܵܐ ܡܠܘܿܐܵܐ
- īṯ lēh ˁinyānā b-hānā mlōˀā
- He has interest in this subject
- ܡܛܘܼܠܸܩ ܠܝܼ ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܒܡܸܬ݂ܚܵܐ ܕܣܘܵܕ݂ܵܐ.
- mṭūliq lī ˁinyānā b-miṯḥā d-swāḏā.
- I lost interest during the conversation.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܥܸܢܝܵܢ (ˁinyān) | 1st person | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܝܼ (ˁinyānī) | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܲܢ (ˁinyānan) | |||
| construct | ܥܸܢܝܵܢ (ˁinyān) | 2nd person | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (ˁinyānōḵ) | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (ˁinyānāḵ) | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ˁinyānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ (ˁinyānā) | 3rd person | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܹܗ (ˁinyānēh) | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܗ̇ (ˁinyānāh) | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܗܘܿܢ (ˁinyānhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܝܼ̈ܢ (ˁinyānīn) | 1st person | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܝܼ̈ (ˁinyānī) | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܲܢ̈ (ˁinyānan) | |||
| construct | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܲܝ̈ (ˁinyānay) | 2nd person | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ˁinyānōḵ) | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ˁinyānāḵ) | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ˁinyānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ˁinyānē) | 3rd person | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ˁinyānūh) | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (ˁinyānōh) | ܥܸܢܝܵܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (ˁinyānayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܒܲܪ ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ (bar ˁinyānā)
- ܡܲܥܢܝܵܢܵܐ (maˁnyānā, “interesting”)
References
- “ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 11 December 2024 (last accessed)