ܬܠܬ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܬ ܠ ܬ (t l t)
10 terms

From Aramaic תּלָת (tlāṯ), from Proto-Semitic *ṯalāṯ-; compare Arabic ثَلَاث (ṯalāṯ) and Hebrew שָׁלוֹשׁ (shalósh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [təlɑθː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [tˤil.laθ], [tˤəl.laθ]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [tlɑtː]

Numeral

ܬܠܵܬ݂ or ܬܸܠܵܬ݂ • (tlāṯ or tillāṯ) f (masculine ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tlāṯā))

1. feminine of ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tlāṯā, “three”)

   ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ ܝܲܢ ܬܠܵܬ݂ ܢܸܫܹ̈ܐ ܒܸܬ ܥܵܠܠܝܼ ܓܵܘ ܬܵܘܵܢܵܐ. ― tlāṯā gaḇrē yan tlāṯ niššē bit ˁāllī gāw tāwānā. ― Three men or three women will enter the room.

Usage notes

• In some dialects of colloquial Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, the form ܬܠܵܬܵܐ (tlātā) is often used regardless of gender.

Numeral

ܬܠܵܬ݂ • (tlāṯ) m

1. masculine construct state of ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tlāṯā, “three”)

   ܒܲܠܚܘܿܕ݂ ܟܹܐ ܒܵܥܹܝܢ ܬܠܵܬ݂ܢܵܝܗܝ ܗܵܘܝܼ ܚܸܕ݂ܝܹ̈ܐ. ― balḥōḏ kē bāˁēn tlāṯnāyh hāwī ḥiḏyē. ― I just want the three of them to be happy.

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܠܵܬ݂

base form	ܬܠܵܬ݂ (tlāṯ)
Personal-pronoun including forms
	plural
1st person	ܬܠܵܬ݂ܢܲܢ (tlāṯnan)
2nd person	ܬܠܵܬ݂ܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tlāṯnāwḵōn)
3rd person	ܬܠܵܬ݂ܢܵܝܗܝ (tlāṯnāyh)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Aramaic 𐡕𐡋‎𐡕 (talāṯ), from Proto-Semitic *ṯalāṯum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tlaːθ/

Numeral

ܬܠܵܬ݂ • (tlāṯ) f (masculine ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tlāṯa))

1. three