ܝܕܥܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [jað.ʕɑːθeː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [de.jɑːteː]

Noun

ܝܲܕ݂̈ܥܵܬ݂ܹܐ • (yaḏˁāṯē) f pl

1. plural of ܐܝܼܕ݂ܲܥܬܵܐ (īḏaˁtā, “knowledge”)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܝܕܥܬܐ

Etymology

From the root ܝ-ܕ-ܥ (y-d-ʿ) related to knowing. Compare Hebrew דַּעַת (daʿaṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [j(ə)ðaʕtɑ(ʔ)], [ʔiðaʕtɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [jaðʕɑθɑ(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܝܕܥܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܝܕܥܬܐ)

1. knowledge, information
2. doctrine, science
3. mind, sense, intelligence, understanding, perception, apprehension
4. sign, note, notice, indication

Inflection

Inflection of ܝܕܥܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܝܕܥܐ		1st person	ܝܕܥܬܝ		ܝܕܥܬܢ
	construct	ܝܕܥܬ		2nd person	ܝܕܥܬܟ	ܝܕܥܬܟܝ	ܝܕܥܬܟܘܢ	ܝܕܥܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܝܕܥܬܐ		3rd person	ܝܕܥܬܗ	ܝܕܥܬܗ	ܝܕܥܬܗܘܢ	ܝܕܥܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܝܕܥܢ		1st person	ܝܕܥܬܢ		ܝܕܥܬܢ
	construct	ܝܕܥܬ		2nd person	ܝܕܥܬܟ	ܝܕܥܬܟܝ	ܝܕܥܬܟܘܢ	ܝܕܥܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܝܕܥܬܐ		3rd person	ܝܕܥܬܗ	ܝܕܥܬܗ	ܝܕܥܬܗܘܢ	ܝܕܥܬܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܥܝܢܐ

References

• “ydˁh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 137b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 188a
• 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, p. 564b