ܐܬܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܐ ܬ ܪ (ʾ t r)
1 term

Etymology

From Aramaic אַתְרָא (ʾaṯrā, country; idem), from Proto-Semitic *ʔaṯar-; cognate to Hebrew אֲשֶׁר (ashér, relative pronoun), אֲתָר (atár, site), Ge'ez አሰር (ʾäsär), አሠር (ʾäśär, trace, vestige; way, road; relic), Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar, trace, vestige, impression, relic) and Akkadian 𒆠 (ašrum, place, site).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈʔat.rɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ˈʔaθ.rɑː]

Noun

ܐܲܬܪܵܐ (atrā) m sg (plural ܐܲܬܪ̈ܵܘܵܬܹܐ (atrāwātē))

  1. country, land
  2. Ellipsis of ܐܲܬܪܵܐ ܕܐܲܒ݂ܵܗܵܬܹ̈ܐ (atrā d-aḇāhātē, homeland, fatherland).
  3. (by extension, popular) Assyria
    ܒܸܬ ܚܵܙܩܲܚ ܡܸܢ݇ܕܪܹܝܫ݇ ܠܐܲܬܪܵܐ ܒܢܝܼܣܵܢ.
    bit ḥāzqaḥ midrēy l-atrā bnīsān.
    We will go to Assyria again in April.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܐܲܬܪܵܝܵܐ (atrāyā)
  • ܐܲܬܪܵܢܵܝܵܐ (atrānāyā)
  • ܒܲܪ ܐܲܬܪܵܐ (bar atrā, citizen)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaṯar-. Cognate to Aramaic אַתְרָא (ʾaṯrā, idem), Hebrew אֲשֶׁר (ʾăšĕ́r, relative pronoun), Ge'ez አሰር (ʾäsär), አሠር (ʾäśär, trace, vestige; way, road; relic), Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar, trace, vestige, impression, relic), Akkadian 𒆠 (ašrum, place, site).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʔaθ.rɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ˈʔaθ.re], [ʔaθ.rawˈwɑ.θɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܐܬܪܐ (ʾaṯrā) m (plural ܐܬܪܘܬܐ (ʾaṯrawwāṯā) or ܐܬܪܐ (ʾaṯrē))

  1. place, spot
  2. region, land, country
  3. district, province
  4. inhabitants
  5. means
  6. (figuratively) room, space; opportunity, time; delay

Usage notes

Usually, the plural ܐܬܪܐ (ʾaṯrē) is a paucal plural (from two to ten) while the plural ܐܬܪܘܬܐ (ʾaṯrawwāṯā) is a multiple plural (eleven or more).

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܐܬܪܝܐ (ʾaṯrāyā)
  • ܐܬܪܢܝܐ (ʾaṯrānāyā)

Descendants

  • Hebrew: אתר

References

  • ˀtr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-25
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 22b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 33a-b
  • 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, pages 112b-113a
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