ܡܛܠܩܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܛ ܠ ܩ (ṭ l q)
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܡܛܠܩܢܐ in the sense of the diacritic.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [mtˤallqaːnaː]

Adjective

ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܵܐ • (mṭalqānā) (feminine ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mṭalqānīṯā), plural ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܹܐ (mṭalqānē))

1. destroying, eliminating, consuming

Noun

ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܵܐ • (mṭalqānā) m (plural ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܹܐ (mṭalqānē), feminine ܡܛܲܠܩܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mṭalqānīṯā))

1. destroyer, eliminator
2. (typography) linea occultans, mtalqana, the diacritic in the Syriac scripts consisting of one stroke on a letter used to indicate the letter is unpronounced

   ܡܕ݂ܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ (mḏītā, “city”)

   ܐܲܟ݂ܚ݇ܕ݂ܵܐ (aḵḏā, “together”)

   ܚܲܕ݇ (ḥa, “one”)

Usage notes

• This diacritic is not normally applied to letters which have lost their value on a dialectical level- for example, ܒܹܥܹ̈ܐ (bēˁē, “eggs”) containing the letter ayn, does not have a linea occultans, despite ayn mostly losing its value in Assyrian-Neo Aramaic dialects