ܫܘܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܫ ܘ ܐ (š w ˀ)
5 terms

Compare Hebrew שָׁוֶה (shavé) and Arabic سَوِيّ (sawiyy). The sense of “colon” is a learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܫ̈ܘܲܝܵܐ (šwayyā), its plural form; compare also borrowed into Hebrew שְׁוָא (shva), therefore cognate of English schwa and doublet of ܫܘܵܐ (šwā).

Pronunciation

• ܫܲܘܝܵܐ:
  • (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈʃaw.jɑː]
  • (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ˈʃoːjɑː]
• ܫܘܲܝܹ̈ܐ:
  • (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈʃəwaj.jeː]

Adjective

ܫܲܘܝܵܐ • (šawyā) (feminine ܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (šwīṯā), plural ܫܲܘܝܹ̈ܐ (šawyē))

1. equal, symmetrical, proportional, parallel

   Synonyms: ܡܠܲܚܡܵܐ (mlaḥmā), ܣܒܝܼܗܵܐ (sbīhā)

   ܟܠ ܚܲܕ݇ ܝܠܹܗ ܫܲܘܝܵܐ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܩܵܢܘܿܢܵܐ. ― kul ḥa ìlēh šawyā qām qānōnā. ― Everyone is equal before the law.

   ܟܠ ܙܵܘܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܬܪ̈ܝܼܨܹܐ ܫܲܘܝܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ. ― kul zāwyāṯē trīṣē šawyē ìnā. ― All right angles are equal.

2. (mathematics) equal, plane, level; smooth and even
3. (colloquial) deserving, worthy, worthwhile

Derived terms

• ܫܲܘܝܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (šawyāˀīṯ)
• ܫܲܘܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (šawyūṯā)

Noun

ܫܘܲܝܹ̈ܐ • (šwayyē) m pl

1. (typography) shwayya, the sign consisting of two vertical dots used to separate parts of a sentence in the Syriac scripts
2. (typography, modern) colon

Coordinate terms

• (symbol) ( : )

• (Punctuation) ܦܘܼܚܵܡܵܐ (puḥḥāmā); ܢܘܼܩܙܵܐ (nuqzā, “period, full stop”), ܦܵܪܘܿܫܬܵܐ (pārōštā, “comma”), ܫ̈ܘܲܝܵܐ (šwayyā, “colon”), ܙܲܝ̈ܢܹܐ (zaynē, “semicolon”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-šuˀˀālā, “question mark”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܩܪܵܝܬܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-qrāytā, “exclamation mark”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܡܸܬܬܣܝܼܡܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-mittsīmānūṯā, “quotation mark”), ܢܵܩܘܿܦܵܐ (nāqōpā, “dash, hyphen”), ܣܛܵܦܵܐ (sṭāpā, “slash”), ܩܸܫܬܵܐ (qištā, “bracket”), ܣܲܗܪܘܿܢܵܐ (sahrōnā, “parenthesis”), ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ (kawḵḇōnā, “asterisk”), ܓܵܕ݂ܘܿܡܵܐ (gāḏōmā), ܦܵܣܘܿܩܵܐ (pāsōqā), ^{(Category: aii:Punctuation marks)}