ܚܝܘܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܝ-ܐ‎ (ḳ-y-ʾ) related to living, from Proto-Semitic *ḥay(aw)- (“animal”); compare Arabic حَيَوَان‎ (ḥayawān), Hebrew חַיָּה‎ (khayá) and Ugaritic 𐎈𐎆𐎉 (ḥwt).

Pronunciation

(standard) IPA^(key): [xeːwɑː]
(Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ħaj.wɑː]

Noun

ܚܲܝܘܵܐ • (ḵaywā) m sg (feminine ܚܲܝ݇ܘܬܵܐ‎ (ḵawtā), plural ܚܲܝܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎ (ḵaywātē))

animal, beast

Inflection of ܚܲܝܘܵܐ

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
	state	form	person	m	f	plural
singular	absolute	–	1^st person	ܚܲܝܘܝܼ‎		ܚܲܝܘܲܢ‎
	construct	ܚܲܝܘܲܬ‎	2^nd person	ܚܲܝܘܘܼܟ݂‎	ܚܲܝܘܵܟ݂ܝ‎	ܚܲܝܘܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ‎
	emphatic	ܚܲܝܘܵܐ	3^rd person	ܚܲܝܘܹܗ‎	ܚܲܝܘܘܿܗ̇‎	ܚܲܝܘܗܘܿܢ‎
plural	absolute	–	1^st person	ܚܲܝܘܵܬܝܼ̈‎		ܚܲܝܘܵܬܲܢ̈‎
	construct	ܚܲܝܘܵܬ̈‎	2^nd person	ܚܲܝܘܵܬܘܼ̈ܟ݂‎	ܚܲܝܘܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ̈‎	ܚܲܝܘܵܬܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ‎
	emphatic	ܚܲܝܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎	3^rd person	ܚܲܝܘܵܬܘܼ̈ܗܝ‎	ܚܲܝܘܵܬ̈ܘܿܗ̇‎	ܚܲܝܘܵܬܗ̈ܘܿܢ‎

See also

ܒܥܝܼܪܵܐ‎ (bʿīrā)

Derived terms

ܚܲܝ݇ܘܬܵܢܵܝܵܐ‎ (“animal; bestial; zoological”)
ܡܡܲܠܠܘܼܬ ܚܲܝܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎ (mmallut ḵaywātē, “zoology”)

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