ܝܪܝܟܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܝ ܪ ܟ (y r k)
5 terms

From Aramaic אַרִיכָא (arrīḵā) of the adjective pattern 1a22ī3ā with a shift from an initial /ʔ/ to /j/; cognate to Hebrew אָרֹךְ ('arókh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [jar.riːxɑː]

Adjective

ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ • (yarīḵā) (feminine ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܬܵܐ (yarīḵtā), plural ܝܲܪ̈ܝܼܟ݂ܹܐ (yarīḵē))

1. long (having a great distance from one end to the other)

   ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܢ ܗ̇ܘ ܚܲܒ݂ܠܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܬܪܹܝܢ. ― kē bāˁēn awa ḥaḇlā yarīḵā min hālēn trēn. ― I want the long rope out of these two.

   ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܗܵܕܲܟ݂ ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܗܲܠ ܣܲܗܪܵܐ. ― ḥḏā hādaḵ urḥā yarīḵtā ìlāh min arˁā hal sahrā. ― It's such a long way from the Earth to the Moon.

   ܠܸܫܵܢܹܗ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ― liššānēh yarīḵā ìlēh ― he talks back and argues a lot (literally, “his tongue is long”)

2. long (of great duration)

   ܡ̣ܢ ܚܲܕ݇ ܡܸܬ݂ܚܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܢܘܼܪ̈ܵܢܵܝܹܐ ܕܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ ܗܸܘܝܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ. ― min ḥa miṯḥā yarīḵā nūrānāyē d-miṣrēn hiwyē ìnā. ― The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.

3. (formal) Used in the construct state, with a noun complement.

   ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܲܬ ܟܵܘܣܵܐ ― baḵtā yarīḵat kāwsā ― a long-haired woman

   ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ ܕܸܩܢܵܐ ― gaḇrā yarīḵ diqnā ― a long-bearded man

4. tall

Antonyms

• ܟܸܪܝܵܐ (kiryā), ܩܨܝܼܪܵܐ (qṣīrā)

Derived terms

• ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (yarīḵāˀīṯ, “lengthwise, longways, to a great extent”)