ܘܠܝܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the active participle of the defective verb ܘܵܠܹܐ (wālē, “must, have to”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ܘܵܠܝܵܝܵܐ • (wālyāyā) (feminine ܘܵܠܝܵܝܬܵܐ (wālyāytā), plural ܘܵܠܝܵܝܹ̈ܐ (wālyāyē))
- necessary, indispensable, unavoidable, essential, inevitable, inescapable, requisite
- binding, obligatory, incumbent, imperative
- proper, adequate, fair
Derived terms
[edit]- ܘܵܠܝܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (wālyāˀīṯ)