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]- (Standard) IPA(key): [dɑːsnaːjaː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [dasnːaːjaː]
Noun
[edit]ܕܵܣܢܵܝܵܐ or ܕܲܣܢܵܝܵܐ • (dāsnāyā or dasnāyā) m sg (plural ܕܵܣܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ (dāsnāyē), feminine ܕܵܣܢܵܝܬܵܐ (dāsnāytā))
- (archaic, literary) person from the region of Dasen
- Yazidi (member of a Kurmanji-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose ethnic religion is Yazidism)
- Synonym: ܐܹܙܝܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ (ēzīḏāyā)
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܝܼ (dāsnāyī) | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܲܢ (dāsnāyan) | |||
| construct | ܕܵܣܢܵܝ (dāsnāy) | 2nd person | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (dāsnāyūḵ) | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (dāsnāyāḵ) | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dāsnāyāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܵܐ (dāsnāyā) | 3rd person | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܹܗ (dāsnāyēh) | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܵܗ̇ (dāsnāyāh) | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܗܘܿܢ (dāsnāyhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܝܼ̈ (dāsnāyī) | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܲܢ̈ (dāsnāyan) | |||
| construct | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܲܝ̈ (dāsnāyay) | 2nd person | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (dāsnāyūḵ) | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (dāsnāyāḵ) | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dāsnāyāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ (dāsnāyē) | 3rd person | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܘܼ̈ܗܝ (dāsnāyūh) | ܕܵܣܢܵܝ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (dāsnāyōh) | ܕܵܣܢܵܝܗ̈ܘܿܢ (dāsnāyhōn) | |||
Derived terms
[edit]- ܕܵܣܸܢ ܥܸܠܵܝܬܵܐ (dāsin ˁillāytā, “Upper Dasen”)
- ܕܵܣܸܢ ܬܲܚܬܵܝܬܵܐ (dāsin taḥtāytā, “Lower Dasen”)
- ܕܵܣܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (dāsnāyūṯā, “Yazidism”)
Descendants
[edit]- → Northern Kurdish: Dasnî