ܐܦ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܐܘܼܦ (ūp)

Etymology

From Aramaic אָף (ʾāp̄); compare the same in Hebrew אַף (af).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːp]

Adverb

ܐܵܦ • (āp)

1. and, also, as well, too

   ܐܵܦ ܐܵܢܵܐ ― āp ānā ― Me too

   ܟܹܐ ܪܵܗܛܹܢ ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܐܵܦ ܟܹܐ ܡܗܲܠܟ݂ܸܢ. ― kē rāhṭēn īnā āp kē mhalḵin. ― I run but I walk aswell.

   ܐܸܢ ܒܵܣܡܵܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܐܵܦ ܐܲܢ݇ܬ ܬܵܐ ܥܲܡܲܢ. ― in bāsmā lūḵ āp at tā ˁamman. ― Please come with us too.

Determiner

ܐܵܦ • (āp)

1. even

   ܐܵܦ ܚܲܕ݇ ܠܵܐ ܥܢܹܐ ܠܹܗ. ― āp ḥa lā ˁnē lēh. ― No one answered. (literally, “Even one didn't answer.”)

   ܐܵܦ ܓܵܗܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܐ݇ܬ݂ܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܠܲܐܟ݂ܵܐ. ― āp gāhā lā ṯē lī laˀḵā. ― I have never come here. (literally, “Even once I didn’t come here.”)

Derived terms

• ܐܵܦ ܚܲܕ݇ (āp ḥa)
• ܐܵܦ ܟܲܕ݂ (āp kaḏ)
• ܐܵܦ ܠܵܐ (āp lā)
• ܐܵܦܸܢ (āpin)