ܝܘܡܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [joːmɑːneː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [juːmɑːneː]
• (Tyari) IPA^(key): [jawːmɑːneː]

Noun

ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ • (yāwmānē) m pl

1. plural of ܝܵܘܡܵܐ (yāwmā, “day”)

   ܐܝܼܬ ܬܠܵܬܡܐܵܐ ܘܐܸܫܬܝܼ ܘܚܲܡܫܵܐ ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܒܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ.

   īt tlātmˀā w-ištī w-ḥamšā yāwmānē b-šēttā.

   There are three hundred and sixty five days in a year.

   ܐܝܼܬ ܫܲܒ݂ܥܵܐ ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܒܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ.

   īt šaḇˁā yāwmānē b-šāḇōˁā.

   There are seven days in a week.

   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Matthew 12:40:

     ܕܵܐܟ݂ܝܼ ܕܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܝܵܘܢܵܢ ܓܵܘ ܟܹܪ݇ܣܵܐ ܕܢܘܼܢܵܐ ܬܠܵܬܵܐ ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܘܬܠܵܬܵܐ ܠܲܝܠܵܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ، ܗܵܕܟ݂ܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܒܪܘܿܢܵܐ ܕܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܠܸܒܵܐ ܕܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܬܠܵܬܵܐ ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܘܬܠܵܬܵܐ ܠܲܝܠܵܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ.

     dāḵī d-wē lēh yāwnān gāw kēsā d-nūnā tlātā yāwmānē w-tlātā laylāwātē, hādḵā bit hāwē brōnā d-nāšā gāw libbā d-arˁā tlātā yāwmānē w-tlātā laylāwātē.

     For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܝܘܡܢ

Etymology

A contraction of ܝܘܡܐ (yawmāʾ, “day”) + ܗܢܐ (hānāʾ, “this”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jawmɑnɑ(ʔ)]

Adverb

ܝܘܡܢܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. today

References

• “ywmn”, 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. 139b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 190a
• 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. 569a