ܝܗܘܕܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ (huḏ, Judea), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yəhûḏâ) + the masculine gentilic suffix ܵܝܵܐ (āyā). Compare Arabic يَهُودِيّ (yahūdiyy) and Hebrew יְהוּדִי (yəhûḏî).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [jəhuːðaːjaː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [huːðaːjaː]

Adjective

ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ (huḏāyā) (feminine ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܬܵܐ (huḏāytā), plural ܝܗ̈ܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܹܐ (huḏāyē))

  1. Judean
  2. Jewish (Being a Jew, or relating to Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture)

Noun

ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ (huḏāyā) m (plural ܝܗ̈ܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܹܐ (huḏāyē), feminine ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܬܵܐ (huḏāytā))

  1. Judean
  2. Jew (member of the Jewish ethnicity)
    ܝܗ̈ܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܹܐ ܕܥܝܼܪܵܩ ܗܘܲܘ ܛܪ̈ܝܼܕ݂ܹܐ ܡܸܢ ܐܲܬ݂ܪܗܘܿܢ
    huḏāyē dʿīrāq hwaw ṭrīḏē min aṯrhon
    The Jews of Iraq were expelled from their land.
  3. (Judaism) Jew (follower of Judaism)

Derived terms

  • ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (huḏāyuṯā, Judaism)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܝܘܕܝܐ

Etymology

From ܝܗܘܕ (yəhūḏ, Judea), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yəhûḏâ) + the masculine gentilic suffix ܝܐ- (-āyāʾ). Compare Arabic يَهُودِيّ (yahūdiyy) and Hebrew יְהוּדִי (yəhûḏî).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jəhudɑjɑ/, [juðɑjɑ], [ʔihuðɑjɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): /jəhudɑje/, [juðɑje], [ʔihuðɑje] (plural)

Noun

ܝܗܘܕܝܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܝܗܘܕܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܗܘܕܝܬܐ)

  1. Judean
  2. (Judaism) Jew

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܝܗܘܕܝܘܬܐ

Descendants

  • Old Armenian: հրեայ (hreay)
  • Arabic: يَهُودِيّ (yahūdiyy)

References

  • yhwdy”, 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, page 139b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 189a
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