ܐܠܦܒܝܬ
Appearance
See also: ܐܠܦ-ܒܝܬ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ܐܵܠܲܦ ܒܹܝܬ݂ (ālap bēṯ)
Etymology
[edit]Simple compound of ܐܵܠܲܦ (ālap, “Alaph, the first letter of the Syriac alphabet.”) + ܒܹܝܬ݂ (bēṯ, “Beth, the second letter of the Syriac alphabet.”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔɑːlap.‿beːθ.]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʔɑːlap.‿beːθ]
- (Tyari) IPA(key): [ʔɑːlap.‿beːθ.]
- (Urmia) IPA(key): [ʔallap.‿biːt.]
Noun
[edit]ܐܵܠܲܦܒܹܝܬ݂ • (ālapbēṯ) m
- alphabet (the set of letters used when writing in a language)
- ܐܵܠܲܦܒܹܝܬ݂ ܕܣܘܼܪܵܐܝܼܬ݂ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܹܗ ܥܸܣܪܝܼܢ ܘܬܲܪܬܹܝܢ ܐܵܬ݂̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ. ― ālapbēṯ d-sūrāˀīṯ īṯ lēh ˁisrīn w-tartēn āṯwāṯā. ― The Assyrian alphabet has twenty-four letters.
Derived terms
[edit]- ܥܲܠ ܐܵܠܲܦܒܹܝܬ݂ (ˁal ālapbēṯ, “alphabetically”)
See also
[edit]- ܐܲܒܓܲܕ (abgad)