ܚܘܘܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

FWOTD – 6 March 2018

ܚܘܘܐ (1)

ܚܘܘܐ (2)

Alternative forms

• ܚܸܘܘܹܐ (ḥiwwē), ܚܸܘܹܐ (ḥiwwē)

Etymology

From חִיוֵי (ḥəwē)/ܚܘܹܐ (ḥwē), the absolute form of Aramaic חֶוְיָא (ḥewyā, “snake”); compare Lishana Deni כוויה (xuwwe), Classical Syriac ܚܘܝܐ (ḥewyā) and Arabic حَيَّة (ḥayya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈxuwːweː]
• (Ashiret, Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ˈxuː.wä], [ˈxʊw.wä], [ˈxuː.we], [ˈxʊw.we]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ˈxuː.vɒ], [ˈxuː.vi]

Noun

ܚܘܼܘܹܐ • (ḥūwē) m sg (plural ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (ḥūwāṯē), feminine ܚܘܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥwāwīṯā))

1. snake, serpent
2. thong (of a bullwhip)
3. (pathology) pediculosis

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܘܼܘܹܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	–		1st person	ܚܘܼܘܝܼ (ḥūwī)		ܚܘܼܘܲܢ (ḥūwan)
	construct	ܚܸܘܘܲܝ (ḥiwway)		2nd person	ܚܘܘܘܼܟ݂ (ḥwwūḵ)	ܚܘܼܘܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥūwāḵ)	ܚܘܼܘܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥūwāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܚܘܼܘܹܐ (ḥūwē)		3rd person	ܚܘܼܘܘܼܗ̇ܝ (ḥūwūwaya)	ܚܘܼܘܘܿܗ̇ (ḥūwōh)	ܚܘܼܘܗܘܿܢ (ḥūwhōn)
plural	absolute	–		1st person	ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (ḥūwāṯī)		ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (ḥūwāṯan)
	construct	ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ (ḥūwāṯ)		2nd person	ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ḥūwāṯūḵ)	ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ḥūwāṯāḵ)	ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥūwāṯāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (ḥūwāṯē)		3rd person	ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ (ḥūwāṯēh)	ܚ̈ܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (ḥūwāṯāh)	ܚܘܼܘܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (ḥūwāṯhōn)

Derived terms

• ܚܸܘܝܵܝܵܐ (ḥiwyāyā, “snake-like, serpentine”)
• ܚܘܼܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥūwīṯā, “small snake”)
• ܚܸܘܝܘܿܢܵܐ (ḥiwyōnā, “small snake”)

Proper noun

ܚܘܼܘܹܐ • (ḥūwē) m

1. (figuratively) Satan

References

• “ܚܘܼܘܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2016 March 20 (last accessed)
• “ܚܘܼܘܹܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2022 December 8 (last accessed)
• Kalašev, A. (1894) “х̔уввӓ”, in Русско-айсорский и айсорско-русский словарь (Сборник материалов для описания местностей и племен Кавказа; 20), Tiflis, page 392a
• Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܚܘܼܘܵܐ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 94a