ܐܬܘܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From ܐܵܬܵܐ‎ (ata, “sign, mark”) +‎ -ܘܼܬܵܐ‎ (-uta).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [at.ʊːta]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [at.ʊːta]
  • (Tyari) IPA(key): [aθ.ʊːθa]

Noun

ܐܵܬܘܼܬܵܐ • (atuta) f sg (plural ܐܵܬܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (atwate))

  1. (orthography) letter, character
  2. (phonetics) consonant

Inflection

Noun

ܐܵܬܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ • (atwate) f pl

  1. plural of ܐܵܬܵܐ‎ (ata): flags, banners

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Modified from ܐܬܐ‎ (ʾāṯāʾ, “sign, mark”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɑθuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔɑθwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܬܘܬܐ • (ˀāṯūṯā) f (plural ܐܬܘܬܐ)

  1. (orthography) letter, character, sign
    Synonyms: ܣܘܪܓܕܐ‎, ܣܪܛܐ‎
  2. (in the plural) alphabet
    Synonyms: ܐܒܓܕ‎, ܐܠܦܒܝܬ‎
  3. (phonetics) consonant
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɑθwɑθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܐܬܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed)

  1. emphatic plural of ܐܬܐ‎

References

  • “ˀtw”, 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, p. 22a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 32b
  • 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, p. 109b
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