ܥܟܒܝܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܥܟܒ݂ܝܬܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic עַכָּבִיתָא (ʿakkāḇīṯā); related to Hebrew עַכָּבִישׁ (akavísh) and Arabic عَنْكَبُوت (ʕankabūt).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʕak.kɑːwiːtɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ʔat͡ʃ.t͡ʃɑːviːtɑː]

Noun

ܥܲܟܵܒ݂ܝܼܬܵܐ (ʿakkawītā) m sg (feminine ܥܲܟܵܒ݂ܝܼܬܬܵܐ (ʿakkawīttā), plural ܥܲܟܵܒ݂ܝܼܬܹ̈ܐ (ʿakkawītē))

  1. spider (an eight-legged predatory arachnid with fangs that inject poison into their prey and spin webs in which to capture insects)
    Synonym: ܙܵܩܸܪ ܩܵܘܕܹ̈ܐ (zāqir qawde)
    ܓܵܘ ܐܘܼܣܬܪܵܠܝܼܵܐ ܥܲܟܵܒ݂ܝܼܬܹ̈ܐ ܣܲܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ.
    gāw ustralīyā ʿakkawītē samānē ìnā.
    In Australia spiders are poisonous.
    • Isaiah 59:5:
      ܒܹܥܹ̈ܐ ܕܚܲܪܡܵܢܵܐ ܦܘܼܠܸܛ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܙܲܥܝܹ̈ܐ، ܘܓܲܪ̈ܕܹܐ ܕܥܲܟܵܒ݂ܝܼܬܹ̈ܐ ܟܹܐ ܙܵܩܪܝܼ؛ ܐܵܟ݂ܠܵܢܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܒܹܥܵܝ̈ܗܝ ܟܹܐ ܡܵܝܹܬ، ܘܛܒ݂ܝܼܚܬܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܦܲܩܥܵܐ ܐܵܟܸܕܢܵܐ.
      bēʿē d-ḵarmānē puliṭlhon zaʿyē, w-gardē d-ʿakkawītē kē zāqrī; āḵlānā min bēʿāyh kē māyēt, w-ṭwīḵtā kē paqʿā ākidnā.
      They hatch vipers' eggs, and weave the spider's web; he who eats of their eggs dies, and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.

Inflection

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