ܬܫܪܝܘܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From a pluralized form of ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ (tišrīn), from Akkadian 𒌨𒊑𒌓 (/Tašrītu/, literally “beginning, beginning of the second half of the year (starting with spring's first fruits), the seventh month”). Compare Turoyo ܬܷܫܪ̈ܳܝܳܬ݂ܶܐ (tëšroyoṯe) and Classical Syriac ܬܫܪܝܬܐ (tešr(ə)yāṯā)/ܬܫܪܝܘܬܐ.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [tɪʃ.rjawwɑːθɑː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [t͡ʃɪryawaːθa]
- (Urmia) IPA(key): [t͡ʃeːri.jaːwɑːteː]
Noun
ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (tišryawwāṯā) m pl
- autumn, fall (season when deciduous trees lose their leaves)
- ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܥܵܪܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܒܟ݂ܝܼܪܵܐܝܼܬ݂ ܒܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ، ܘܟܠܗܘܿܢ ܛܲܪ̈ܦܹܐ ܟܹܐ ܢܵܬ݂ܪܝܼ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܝܼܠܵܢܹ̈ܐ.
- šimšā kē ˁārḇā yatīr bḵīrāˀīṯ btišryawwāṯā, w-kullhōn ṭarpē kē nāṯrī min īlānē.
- The sun sets earlier in Autumn, and all the leaves start falling from the trees.
Inflection
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| plural | absolute | ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܢ (tišryawwān) | 1st person | ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ (tišryawwāṯī) | ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ (tišryawwāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ (tišryawwāṯ) | 2nd person | ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (tišryawwāṯōḵ) | ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (tišryawwāṯāḵ) | ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tišryawwāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tišryawwāṯā) | 3rd person | ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ (tišryawwāṯēh) | ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (tišryawwāṯāh) | ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (tišryawwāṯhōn) | |||
Coordinate terms
- seasons: ܐܸܩܡܹ̈ܐ (iqmē): ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (rḇīˁā)/ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢܝܼ̈ܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bēy nīsānē) · ܩܲܝܛܵܐ (qayṭā) · ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tišryawwāṯā) · ܣܸܬ݂ܘܵܐ (siṯwā) [edit]
Derived terms
- ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢܵܝܵܐ (tišrīnāyā, “autumnal”)
- ܫܲܘܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢܵܝܬܵܐ (šawyūṯā tišrīnāytā, “autumnal equinox”)
References
- “ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܹܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 23 February 2023 (last accessed)