ܝܘܚ

Likely from a variant form of the verb ܗܵܘܹܐ‎ (hāwē, “to be”), forming unattested *ܝܲܗܘܲܚ‎ (*yahwaḥ) or a corruption of ܗܵܘܲܚ‎ (hāwaḥ), both having elements of the root ܗ-ܘ-ܐ‎ (h-w-ā) and ܐܲܚܢܲܢ‎ (aḥnan, “us”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔiːwax.]
• (Nineveh Plains)

  (Tesqopa) IPA^(key): [ʔiːwux.]

• (Sanandaj) IPA^(key): [ʔiːwux.]

ܝܼܘܲܚ • (īwaḥ)

1. first-person plural present indicative of ܗܵܘܹܐ‎ (hāwē): We are

   ‏ܐܲܚܢܲܢ ܢܵܨܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ ܝܘܲܚ، ܐܲܚܢܲܢ ܐܵܫܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ ܝܘܲܚ‎‎

   aḥnan nāṣrāyē ìwaḥ, aḥnan āšorāyē ìwaḥ

   We are Nazarenes, we are Assyrians.

• The ܚܒ݂ܵܨܵܐ‎ (ḥḇāṣā) under the ܝܘܿܕ‎ (yod) usually drops if a vowel sound precedes, with or without ܐ, and the ܝܘܿܕ‎ (yod) coalesces. Therefore written ܝܘܲܚ (ìwaḥ)