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 ܝܲܠܕܬܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	ܝܲܠܕܵܐ (yaldā)		1st person	ܝܲܠܕܬܝܼ (yaldtī)		ܝܲܠܕܬܲܢ (yaldtan)
	construct	ܝܲܠܕܲܬ݂ (yaldaṯ)		2nd person	ܝܲܠܕܬܘܼܟ݂ (yaldtōḵ)	ܝܲܠܕܬܵܟ݂ܝ (yaldtāḵ)	ܝܲܠܕܬܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (yaldtawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܝܲܠܕܬܵܐ (yaldtā)		3rd person	ܝܲܠܕܬܹܗ (yaldtēh)	ܝܲܠܕܬܵܗ̇ (yaldtāh)	ܝܲܠܕܬܗܘܿܢ (yaldthōn)
plural	absolute	ܝܲܠܕܵܢ̈ (yaldān)		1st person	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (yaldāṯī)		ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (yaldāṯan)
	construct	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂̈ (yaldāṯ)		2nd person	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (yaldāṯōḵ)	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (yaldāṯāḵ)	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (yaldāṯawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܝܲܠܕ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (yaldāṯā)		3rd person	ܝܲܠܕ̈ܵܬ݂ܹܗ (yaldāṯēh)	ܝܲܠܕ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (yaldāṯāh)	ܝܲܠܕܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (yaldāṯhōn)

Synonyms

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