ܣܘܪܝܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܐ (sūrīyā, “Syria”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܵܐ • (sūrīyāyā) (feminine ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܬܵܐ (sūrīyāytā), plural ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܹܐ (sūrīyāyē))
- Syrian (of, from, or pertaining to the Syrian Arab Republic)
Noun
[edit]ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܵܐ • (sūrīyāyā) m (plural ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܹܐ (sūrīyāyē), feminine ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܬܵܐ (sūrīyāytā))
- Syrian (A person from the Syrian Arab Republic or of Syrian descent)
Usage notes
[edit]- Sometimes ܕܲܪܡܣܘܿܩܵܝܵܐ (darmsōqāyā, literally “Damascene”) is used to avoid ambiguity with ܣܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (surrāyā, “Assyrian, Syriac”).
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܲܢ (sūrīyāyan) | ||||
| construct | ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝ (sūrīyāy) | 2nd person | ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (sūrīyāyūḵ) | ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (sūrīyāyāḵ) | ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sūrīyāyāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܵܐ (sūrīyāyā) | 3rd person | ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܹܗ (sūrīyāyēh) | ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܵܗ̇ (sūrīyāyāh) | ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܝܗܘܿܢ (sūrīyāyhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܝܼ (sūrīyāyī) | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܲܢ (sūrīyāyan) | |||
| construct | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܲܝ (sūrīyāyay) | 2nd person | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (sūrīyāyūḵ) | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (sūrīyāyāḵ) | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sūrīyāyāwḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܹܐ (sūrīyāyē) | 3rd person | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܘܼܗܝ (sūrīyāyūh) | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܘܿܗ̇ (sūrīyāyōh) | ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܼܵܝܗܘܿܢ (sūrīyāyhōn) | |||