From Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Latin strāta; reinforced in its modern sense of “highway/freeway” as an allusion to French autostrade, Arabic أَوْتُوسْتْرَاد (ʔawtūstrād) and Hebrew אוֹטוֹסְטְרָדָה (otostrada); compare also borrowed into Arabic صِرَاط (ṣirāṭ, “path, way, road”).
ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ • (isṭrāṭā) m or f (plural ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܹܐ (isṭrāṭē))
This word is traditionally masculine in it's original sense of “street/paved road”, but is feminine in the modern sense of “highway/freeway” due to it being influenced by French autostrade and Hebrew אוֹטוֹסְטְרָדָה (otostrada).
Inflection of ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ (isṭrāṭā) | ||||||||
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number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
m | f | |||||||
singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܝܼ (isṭrāṭī) |
ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܲܢ (isṭrāṭan) | |||
construct | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛ (isṭrāṭ) |
2nd person | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܘܼܟ݂ (isṭrāṭūḵ) |
ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܟ݂ܝ (isṭrāṭāḵ) |
ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭāwḵōn) | |||
emphatic | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܐ (isṭrāṭā) |
3rd person | ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܹܗ (isṭrāṭēh) |
ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܵܗ̇ (isṭrāṭāh) |
ܐܸܣܛܪܵܛܗܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭhōn) | |||
plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܝܼ (isṭrāṭī) |
ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܲܢ (isṭrāṭan) | |||
construct | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܲܝ (isṭrāṭay) |
2nd person | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܘܼܟ݂ (isṭrāṭūḵ) |
ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܵܟ݂ܝ (isṭrāṭāḵ) |
ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭāwḵōn) | |||
emphatic | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܹܐ (isṭrāṭē) |
3rd person | ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܘܼܗܝ (isṭrāṭūh) |
ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܘܿܗ̇ (isṭrāṭōh) |
ܐܸܣܛܪ̈ܵܛܗܘܿܢ (isṭrāṭhōn) |