ܕܣܢܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ܕܵܣܸܢ (dāsin, region of Dasen) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending). Though originally denoting anyone from the region of Dasen or Beth Dasen in Adiabene, it later came to be applied strictly to Yezidis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܕܲܣܢܵܝܵܐ • (dasnāyā) m sg (plural ܕܲܣܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ (dasnāyē), feminine ܕܲܣܢܵܝܬܵܐ (dasnāytā))
- (archaic, literary) person from the region of Dasen
- Yazidi (member of a Kurmanji-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose ethnic religion is Yazidism)
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܝܼ (dasnāyī) | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܲܢ (dasnāyan) | |||
| construct | ܕܲܣܢܵܝ (dasnāy) | 2nd person | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (dasnāyūḵ) | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (dasnāyāḵ) | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dasnāyāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܵܐ (dasnāyā) | 3rd person | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܹܗ (dasnāyēh) | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܵܗ̇ (dasnāyāh) | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܗܘܿܢ (dasnāyhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܝܼ̈ (dasnāyī) | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܲܢ̈ (dasnāyan) | |||
| construct | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܲܝ̈ (dasnāyay) | 2nd person | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (dasnāyūḵ) | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (dasnāyāḵ) | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dasnāyāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ (dasnāyē) | 3rd person | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܘܼ̈ܗܝ (dasnāyūh) | ܕܲܣܢܵܝ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (dasnāyōh) | ܕܲܣܢܵܝܗ̈ܘܿܢ (dasnāyhōn) | |||
Derived terms
[edit]- ܕܲܣܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (dasnāyūṯā, “Yazidism”)
Descendants
[edit]- → Northern Kurdish: Dasnî