-ܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew ־ָן (-án) and Arabic ـَان (-ān). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Suffix

-ܵܢܵܐ • (-ānā) m sg (feminine -ܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ (-ānītā), plural -ܵܢܹ̈ܐ (-ānē))

2. -er, -ic, -y: suffix forming nouns and adjectives denoting having the properties of the noun the suffix is attached to

   ‎ܫܹܐܕ݂ܵܐ (šēḏā, “demon”) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܫܹܐܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ (šēḏānā, “having a demon, demonic”)

   ‎ܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ (mayyā, “water”) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܲܝܵܢܵܐ (mayyānā, “having water, watery”)

   ‎ܚܸܡܵܐ (ḥimmā, “heat”) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܚܸܡܵܢܵܐ (ḥimmānā, “having heat”)

   ‎ܡܸܥܙܬܵܐ (miˁztā, “hair”) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܸܥܙܵܢܵܐ (miˁzānā, “having hair, hairy”)

   ‎ܥܲܡܪܵܐ (ˁamrā, “wool”) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܥܲܡܪܵܢܵܐ (ˁamrānā, “having wool, wooly”)

3. With the characteristic being a pigment resembling a color to a certain extent.

   ‎ܡܲܣܡܸܩ (masmiq, “to redden”) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܲܣܡܩܵܢܵܐ (masmqānā, “having red, reddish, slightly red”)

   ‎ܡܲܫܥܸܬ݂ (mašˁiṯ, “to yellow”) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܲܫܥܬ݂ܵܢܵܐ (mašˁṯānā, “having yellow, yellowish, slightly yellow”)

   ‎ܡܲܝܪܸܩ (mayriq, “to green”) + ‎-ܢܐ (-ānā) → ‎ܡܲܝܪܩܵܢܵܐ ( mayrqānā, “having green, greenish, slightly green”)

Derived terms

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms suffixed with -ܢܐ

See also

• -ܵܝܵܐ (-āyā)
• -ܵܢܵܝܵܐ (-ānāyā)
• ܡܵܪ (mār)