ܬܫܪܝܘܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܬܫܪ̈ܝܘܬܐ

Etymology

From a pluralized form of ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ (tišrīn), from Akkadian 𒌨𒊑𒌓 (/⁠Tašrītu⁠/, literally “beginning, beginning of the second half of the year (starting with spring's first fruits), the seventh month”). Compare Turoyo ܬܷܫܪ̈ܳܝܳܬ݂ܶܐ (tëšroyoṯe) and Classical Syriac ܬܫܪܝܬܐ (tešr(ə)yāṯā)/ܬܫܪܝܘܬܐ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [tɪʃ.rjawwɑːθɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɪryawaːθa]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃeːri.jaːwɑːteː]

Noun

ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (tišryawwāṯā) m pl

1. autumn, fall (season when deciduous trees lose their leaves)

   ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܥܵܪܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܒܟ݂ܝܼܪܵܐܝܼܬ݂ ܒܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ، ܘܟܠܗܘܿܢ ܛܲܪ̈ܦܹܐ ܟܹܐ ܢܵܦܠܝܼ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܝܼܠܵܢܹ̈ܐ.

   šimšā kē ˁārḇā yatīr bḵīrāˀīṯ btišryawwāṯā, w-kullhōn ṭarpē kē nāplī min īlānē.

   The sun sets earlier in Autumn, and all the leaves start falling from the trees.

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ

number	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
plural	absolute	–		1st person			ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ (tišryawwāṯan)
	construct	ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ (tišryawwāṯ)		2nd person	ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (tišryawwāṯūḵ)	ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (tišryawwāṯāḵ)	ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tišryawwāṯāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tišryawwāṯā)		3rd person	ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ (tišryawwāṯēh)	ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (tišryawwāṯāh)	ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (tišryawwāṯhōn)

Coordinate terms

• seasons: ܐܸܩܡܹ̈ܐ (iqmē): ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (rḇīˁā)/ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢܝܼ̈ܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bēy nīsānē) · ܩܲܝܛܵܐ (qayṭā) · ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tišryawwāṯā) · ܣܸܬ݂ܘܵܐ (siṯwā) ^[edit]

Derived terms

• ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢܵܝܵܐ (tišrīnāyā, “autumnal”)
• ܫܲܘܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢܵܝܬܵܐ (šawyūṯā tišrīnāytā, “autumnal equinox”)

References

• “ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܹܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2023 February 23 (last accessed)