ܚܕ

From Aramaic חַד‎ (ḥaḏ), from Proto-Semitic *ʔaḥad-; compare Arabic أَحَد‎ (ʔaḥad), وَاحِد‎ (wāḥid) and Hebrew אֶחָד‎ (ekhád).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [xɑ.]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [xɑ.], [xɑʔ.]

ܚܲܕ݇ • (ḥa) m (feminine ܚܕܵܐ‎ (ḥdā))

1. an, a

ܚܲܕ݇ • (ḥa) m (feminine ܚܕܵܐ‎ (ḥdā))

1. one

ܚܲܕ݇ • (ḥa) m (feminine ܚܕ݂ܵܐ‎ (ḥḏā))

1. individual, man, one

   ‏ܚܲܕ݇ ܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐ݇ܡܝܼܪܵܐ ܫܡܘܿܥ ܣܲܓܝܼ ܘܡܲܠܸܠ ܩܲܠܝܼܠ‎

   ḥa wē lēh mīrā šmoʿ sagī w-mallil qalil

   One has said: listen greatly and speak little.

ܚܲܕ݇ • (ḥa) (feminine ܚܕ݂ܵܐ‎)

1. (only used in the masculine) some, approximately, about (with a number)

   ‏ܙܒ݂ܘܿܢ ܚܲܕ݇ ܚܲܡܫܵܐ ܚܲܒܘܼܫܹ̈ܐ‎

   zḇon ḥa ḥamšā ḥabušē

   Buy about five apples.

2. (intensifier) a remarkable, some (positively or negatively)

   ‏ܗܵܘ ܝܼܠܹܗ ܚܲܕ݇ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ!‎‎

   hāw īlēh ḥa gaḇrā!

   That’s a remarkable man right there!

   ‏ܝܼܠܹܗ ܚܲܕ݇ ܟܲܠܒܵܐ‎

   īlēh ḥa kalbā

   He’s a real jerk.

3. a certain, an unknown

   ‏ܚܲܕ݇ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܐ݇ܬ݂ܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܥܲܠܝܼ ܘܟܸܡ ܐܵܡܹܪ ܠܝܼ‎

   ḥa gaḇrā ṯē lēh ʿalī w-kim āmēr lī

   Some guy came up to me and told me.

From Proto-Semitic *ʾaḥad-.

• IPA^(key): /ħad/

ܚܲܕ • (ḥad) m (feminine ܚܕܵܐ‎ (ḥdā))

1. one (1)
2. a article