ܪܘܫܡܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܪ ܫ ܡ (r š m)
4 terms

Calque of Arabic رَسْمِيّ (rasmiyy), from ܪܘܼܫܡܵܐ (rušmā, “mark, seal”) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending); compare also Hebrew רִשְׁמִי (rishmí).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ruʃ.mɑːjɑː]

Adjective

ܪܘܼܫܡܵܝܵܐ • (rušmāyā) (feminine ܪܘܼܫܡܵܝܬܵܐ (rušmāytā), plural ܪ̈ܘܼܫܡܵܝܹܐ (rušmāyē))

1. official, legitimate, formal

   ܡܲܡܠܠܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܣܘܼܙܓܵܪܵܐ ܪܘܼܫܡܵܝܵܐ ܒܹܝܢ ܐܲܬܪ̈ܵܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ.

   mamllā ˁal suzgārā rušmāyā bēn atrāwāṯā.

   A speech over the official agreement between the countries.

   ܠܸܫܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܪ̈ܘܼܫܡܵܝܹܐ ܕܐܘܼܚܕܵܢܵܐ ܕܐܵܫܘܿܪ ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܝܼ ܣܘܼܪܵܐܝܼܬ݂ ܘܥܲܪܒ݂ܵܐܝܼܬ݂ ܘܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣ.

   liššānē rušmāyē d-uḥdānā d-āšōr bit hāwī sūrāˀīṯ w-ˁarḇāˀīṯ w-inglīs.

   The official languages of the State of Assyria will be Assyrian, Arabic and English.

2. conventional, according to rule
3. ceremonial

Derived terms

• ܪܘܼܫܡܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (rušmāˀīṯ)
• ܪܘܼܫܡܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (rušmāyūṯā)

References

• “ܪܘܼܫܡܵܝܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2025 January 31 (last accessed)