ܢܡܛܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܢܡܛܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic נַמְטָא (namṭā), from Middle Persian [script needed] (nmt' /⁠namad⁠/, “felt, fibers”), from Proto-Iranian *namatā- (“cloth made of hairs”); also borrowed into Arabic نَمَط (namaṭ, “drugget”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [nam.tˤɑː]

Noun

ܢܲܡܛܵܐ • (namṭā) m sg (plural ܢܲܛܡܹ̈ܐ (naṭmē))

1. felt (material made from wool, or from wool and fur)

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܲܡܛܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	–		1st person	ܢܲܡܛܝܼ (namṭī)		ܢܲܡܛܲܢ (namṭan)
	construct	ܢܲܡܛ (namṭ)		2nd person	ܢܲܡܛܘܼܟ݂ (namṭūḵ)	ܢܲܡܛܵܟ݂ܝ (namṭāḵ)	ܢܲܡܛܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (namṭāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܢܲܡܛܵܐ (namṭā)		3rd person	ܢܲܡܛܹܗ (namṭēh)	ܢܲܡܛܵܗ̇ (namṭāh)	ܢܲܡܛܗܘܿܢ (namṭhōn)
plural	absolute	–		1st person	ܢܲܡܛܝܼ̈ (namṭī)		ܢܲܡܛܲܢ̈ (namṭan)
	construct	ܢܲܡܛܲܝ̈ (namṭay)		2nd person	ܢܲܡܛܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (namṭūḵ)	ܢܲܡܛܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (namṭāḵ)	ܢܲܡܛܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (namṭāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܢܲܡܛܹ̈ܐ (namṭē)		3rd person	ܢܲܡܛܘܼ̈ܗܝ (namṭūh)	ܢܲܡܛ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (namṭōh)	ܢܲܡܛܗ̈ܘܿܢ (namṭhōn)

Derived terms

• ܢܲܡܛܵܝܵܐ (namṭāyā)