ܚܘܘܝܬܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Arabic حَيَّة (ḥayya).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ħ(ə.)wawˈwi.θɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [xwɑˈwi.θɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ħwɑˈwi.θo]
Noun
[edit]ܚܘܘܝܬܐ • (ḥəwawwīṯā) f (plural ܚܘܘܝܬܐ (ḥəwawwəyāṯā), singular masculine counterpart ܚܘܝܐ)
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܚܘܘܝܐ | 1st person | ܚܘܘܝܬܝ | ܚܘܘܝܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܚܘܘܝܬ | 2nd person | ܚܘܘܝܬܟ | ܚܘܘܝܬܟܝ | ܚܘܘܝܬܟܘܢ | ܚܘܘܝܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܚܘܘܝܬܐ | 3rd person | ܚܘܘܝܬܗ | ܚܘܘܝܬܗ | ܚܘܘܝܬܗܘܢ | ܚܘܘܝܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܚܘܘܝܢ | 1st person | ܚܘܘܝܬܢ | ܚܘܘܝܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܚܘܘܝܬ | 2nd person | ܚܘܘܝܬܟ | ܚܘܘܝܬܟܝ | ܚܘܘܝܬܟܘܢ | ܚܘܘܝܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܚܘܘܝܬܐ | 3rd person | ܚܘܘܝܬܗ | ܚܘܘܝܬܗ | ܚܘܘܝܬܗܘܢ | ܚܘܘܝܬܗܝܢ | ||
References
[edit]- “ḥwwy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-25
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 99b
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 422a