ܝܠܝܕܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܘ ܠ ܕ (w l d)
10 terms

Passive participle of the verb ܝܵܠܹܕ݂ (yālēḏ, “to birth; to give birth to”); compare Arabic وَلِيد (walīd) and Hebrew יָלִיד (yalíd).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [jəliːðaː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [liːdaː]

Adjective

ܝܠܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ • (līḏā) (feminine ܝܠܝܼܕܬܵܐ (līdtā), plural ܝܠܝܼ̈ܕ݂ܹܐ (līḏē))

1. born, native

   ܦܝܼܫ ܠܝܼ ܝܠܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ ܐܵܟ݂ܵܐ. ― pīš lī līḏā āḵā. ― I was born here.

   ܐܵܦܸܢ ܝܠܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܒܓܵܠܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ، ܡܩܘܼܒܸܠ ܠܹܗ ܒܲܪܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܣܵܒ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ.

   āpin līḏā ìwā b-gālūṯā, mqūbil lēh barˀaṯrāyūṯā min sāḇūh.

   Although he was born in the diaspora, he received citizenship through his grandparents.

Derived terms

• ܝܼܠܝܼܕ݂ܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (īlīḏāˀīṯ, “by birth”)
• ܝܼܠܝܼܕ݂ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (īlīḏūṯā, “birth”)