ܩܕܡܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: ܚܲܕ݇ (ḥa)     Ordinal: ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (qammāyā)     Multiplier: ܚܕܵܢܵܝܵܐ (ḥdānāyā)     Fractional: ܫܲܠܡܵܐ (šalmā)

Root
ܩ ܕ ܡ (q d m)
9 terms

Etymology

ܩܲܕ݂ܡܵܐ (qaḏmā, “front, fore”) +‎ -ܝܐ (-yā, the attributive adjective ending). Compare Classical Syriac ܩܲܕ݂ܡܵܝܵܐ (qaḏmāyā) and Turoyo ܩܰܡܳܝܐ (qamoyo).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [qammɑːjɑː]
• (Bohtan) IPA^(key): [qəmoːya], [qəmoːwa]

Adjective

ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ • (qammāyā) (feminine ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܬܵܐ (qammāytā), plural ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܹܐ (qammāyē))

1. first (1st)

   ܕܵܐܟ݂ܝܼ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܝܵܘܡܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ ܕܡܲܕ݂ܪܲܫܬܵܐ؟

   dāḵī ìwā yāwmā qammāyā d-maḏraštā?

   How was the first day of school?

   ܚܸܡܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܐܵܗܵܐ ܩܵܘܡܵܐ ܡܲܪܕܘܼܬ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ ܛܠܝܼܩܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܒܙܲܒ݂ܢܵܐ ܕܩܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܬܹܒ݂ܹܝܠܵܝܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ

   ḥimṯā d-āhā qāwmā mardūṯānāyā ṭlīqā ìwā b-zaḇnā d-qrāḇā tēḇēlāyā qammāyā

   The passion of this cultural uprising was lost during the period of the First World War.

2. primary, primitive

   ܫܵܘܕܸܥ ܠܚܲܕ݇ ܡܲܒܘܼܥܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ ܒܒܸܨܝܵܢܘܼܟ݂.

   šāwdiˁ l-ḥa mabūˁā qammāyā b-biṣyānūḵ.

   Refer to a primary source in your research.

Antonyms

• ܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܝܵܐ (ḥārāyā, “last”)

Derived terms

• ܐܘܼܫܦܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (ušpā qammāyā, “first aid”)
• ܐܲܒ݂ܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (aḇā qammāyā, “primogenitor”)
• ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (kānōn qammāyā, “December”)
• ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (qammāˀīṯ, “firstly, primarily”)
• ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (qammāyūṯā, “priority, firstness”)
• ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (tišrīn qammāyā, “October”)