ܝܠܕܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܘ ܠ ܕ (w l d)
10 terms

Derived as a feminine form of ܝܲܠܕܵܐ (yaldā, “boy, male child”) which has a variant also proposed to be borrowed from Arabic عِيَال (ʕiyāl, “children”); compare Hebrew יַלְדָּה (yaldá).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [jɑld.tɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [jɑl.tɑː]

Noun

ܝܲܠܕܬܵܐ • (yaldtā) f (plural ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (yaldāṯē) or ܝܲܠܕܹ̈ܐ (yaldē), masculine ܝܲܠܕܵܐ (yaldā))

1. girl, female child

   ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܟܹܐ ܪܵܒ݂ܝܵܐ، ܝܲܠܕܬܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܝܫܵܐ ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ. ― īman d-kē rāḇyā, yaldtā bit pāyšā baḵtā. ― When she grows up, the girl will become a woman.

2. woman as either a compliment or an insult

Inflection

Inflection of ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	–		1st person	ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܝܼ (yaldṯī)		ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܲܢ (yaldṯan)
	construct	ܝܲܠܕܲܬ݂ (yaldaṯ)		2nd person	ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (yaldṯūḵ)	ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (yaldṯāḵ)	ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (yaldṯāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܵܐ (yaldṯā)		3rd person	ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܹܗ (yaldṯēh)	ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (yaldṯāh)	ܝܲܠܕܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (yaldṯhōn)
plural	absolute	–		1st person	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (yaldāṯī)		ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (yaldāṯan)
	construct	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂̈ (yaldāṯ)		2nd person	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (yaldāṯūḵ)	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (yaldāṯāḵ)	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (yaldāṯāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (yaldāṯē)		3rd person	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ (yaldāṯūh)	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂̈ܘܿܗ̇ (yaldāṯōh)	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (yaldāṯhōn)

Synonyms

• ܒܪܵܬܵܐ (brātā, “daughter”), ܫܒ݂ܲܪܬܵܐ (šḇartā, “child”), ܥܠܲܝܡܬܵܐ (ˁlaymtā, “youth, young woman”)